Fifteen-year-old Dani was born with her heart on the wrong side of her body, a condition called dextrocardia.
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Alternative names include " Growth Hormone Deficiency with Wormian Bones, Cardiac Anomaly, and Brachycamptodactyly " and " Short stature wormian bones dextrocardia"
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What is the meaning of the term-' dextrocardia'? Preceding contribs ) 03 : 21, 13 July 2012 ( UTC)
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Kartagener syndrome may also be present in patients with dextrocardia situs inversus but also involves mirrored positioning of major internal organs and may include male infertility.
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It is therefore usually on the left side, except in conditions like dextrocardia, where the individual's heart is on the right side.
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Pulmonary hypoplasia is associated with dextrocardia of embryonic arrest in that both conditions can result from early errors of development, resulting in Congenital cardiac disorders.
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Dextrocardia with situs inversus afflicts about 1 person in 7, 500 and is more common than dextrocardia in isolation, which affects about 1 in 29, 000.
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Dextrocardia with situs inversus afflicts about 1 person in 7, 500 and is more common than dextrocardia in isolation, which affects about 1 in 29, 000.
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Polysplenia sometimes occurs alone, but it is often accompanied by other developmental abnormalities such as intestinal malrotation or biliary atresia, or cardiac abnormalities, such as dextrocardia.
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If the heart is swapped to the right side of the thorax, it is known as " situs inversus with dextrocardia " or " situs inversus totalis ".
