Axial dextrocardia

Dextrocardia or vice versa cardiac arrangement, also called “angular”. It is characterized by the location of the heart not on the left, but on the right. This anomaly is relatively rare and is one of the most studied types of cardiac malposition. Some studies list it as normal, but it is officially considered a heart disease. You can read the description of individual clinical cases in the article.

In this note we will look at axial dextrocardia. It involves a wider displacement of the heart to the right than other types of dextracardia. Other types of dextracaria include right dextracaria, transverse, sagittal and medial.

You will learn the main clinical features of diagnosis after the article.

The article was prepared by obstetrician-gynecologist Vadim Glazyrin. The form of cardiovascular abnormality discussed occurs with a prevalence of about 0.7 percent. The increase in the left side to the left is primarily of a sporting nature. Sometimes it can occur against the background of a normal position in a child with left-sided dextracardia.

In the paroxysmal form, cyanosis, shortness of breath, and chest pain occur and increase. One of the most common and obvious signs of cardiac dextroxia is various prolapses of the atrium/left atrium. Large heart sizes lead to severe right-sided tachypnea. Symptoms may vary depending on which part of the heart is in the left pleural cavity. Pain due to angina pectoris is called a symptomatic complex. ECG diagnostics are carried out by specialists in the field of geriatric diseases. Various kinds of syndromes can appear due to the fact that venous blood from the heart passes into the lungs. This is manifested by clouding of consciousness, increased sweating, thirst and redness of the skin. Cases of cardiogenic tamponade and conduction block are extremely rare. Diagnosis is complicated by the fact that some signs are characteristic of cardiac pathology. Diagnostic indicators D.o. ECG can be checked already in the first year of life; except for small children in the first weeks of life, they may not appear. A wide range of symptoms are caused by changes in hemodynamics, so it is important to differentiate their symptoms and treatment from malignant processes in the lungs.