Loyola University Medical Education Network Dextrocardia

Dextrocardia is an anomaly in which the primitive heart tube folds to the left in a mirror image of a normal bulboventricular loop. This usually occurs when all the organ systems are reversed, a condition called situs inversus.

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John A. McNulty
Last Updated: April 14, 1996
Created: September 25, 1995