What is Dextrocardia?
Dextrocardia is an abnormal congenital positioning of the heart. Instead of the heart forming in the fetus on the left side, it flips over and forms on the right side. There are several types of dextrocardia, also called looping defects. Dextrocardia is frequently diagnosed in a routine prenatal sonogram, although not every radiologist will catch it, particularly if there are no cardiac structural abnormalities.
What is Kartagener's syndrome?
A type of immotile cilia syndrome in which there is dextrocardia or situs inversus, bronchiectasis and dysplasia of the frontal sinuses.
Which other abnormality has been associated with dextrocardia?
Asplenia (blood smear may show Heinz bodies, Howell-Jolly bodies).
What do you understand by the term 'situs inversus'?
Right-sided cardiac apex, right stomach, right-sided descending aorta. The right atrium is on the left. The left lung has three lobes and the right lung has two.
What do you understand by the term 'dextroversion'?
Right-sided cardiac apex, left-sided stomach and left-sided descending aorta.
What do you understand by the term 'levoversion'?
Left-sided apex, right-sided stomach and right descending aorta.
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