"Dextrocardia" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A congenital defect in which the heart is located on the right side of the THORAX instead of on the left side (levocardia, the normal position). When dextrocardia is accompanied with inverted HEART ATRIA, a right-sided STOMACH, and a left-sided LIVER, the combination is called dextrocardia with SITUS INVERSUS. Dextrocardia may adversely affect other thoracic organs.
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D003914
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C14.240.400.280 C14.280.400.280 C16.131.240.400.280 C16.131.810.250
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2017 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Dextrocardia" by people in Profiles.
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A case of dextrocardia following maternal exposure to generic Fingolimod during the first trimester of pregnancy. Mult Scler Relat Disord. 2018 Apr; 21:69-70.
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Learning and Memory in Adolescents With Critical Biventricular Congenital Heart Disease. J Int Neuropsychol Soc. 2017 09; 23(8):627-639.
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Successful left transradial coronary angiography in an elderly patient with dextrocardia and severe aortic stenosis. Hellenic J Cardiol. 2017 Nov - Dec; 58(6):436-438.
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An unusual cause of 'dextrocardia'. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2017 Apr 01; 18(4):488.