Dextrocardia

Description

A congenital cardiovascular malformation in which the heart is predominantly to the right of the thoracic midline. This is independent of the orientation of the cardiac apex.

Index terms

Dextrocardia
congenital dextrocardia of heart
heart in right chest

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right-sided heart
transposition of heart

Excludes

LA82 – Total mirror imagery
LA8Y – Isomerism of right atrial appendages

Exclusions from above levels

http://id.who.int/icd/entity/733825440 – Inborn errors of metabolism

Sibling codes

LA80.0 – Laevocardia
LA80.2 – Mesocardia
LA80.3 – Extrathoracic heart
LA80.Y – Other specified anomalous position-orientation of heart
LA80.Z – Anomalous position-orientation of heart, unspecified

Foundation entity

Dextrocardia – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1472687600

Part of: LA80: Anomalous position-orientation of heart › 20: Developmental anomalies