Dextrocardia True

Dextrocardia (true), which means “the heart is located on the right side” in the chest. The biggest structural anomaly of the cardiovascular system - in 97% of cases it is a malformation of the heart, which is the result of a violation of embryogenesis. The location of the systemic circulation inside the body, instead of the heart on the right side of the chest, usually occurs at one of the initial stages of development. In most cases, the child dies.

A person’s appearance can be determined either by the absence or presence of a defect, or by concomitant severe disorders of the cardiovascular and other systems. Sometimes obvious defects can be detected only with ultrasound diagnostics.

In childhood, the doctor may notice