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===Natural History===
===Natural History===
*The symptoms of (disease name) usually develop in the first/ second/ third decade of life, and start with symptoms such as ___.
*[[Dextrocardia]] alone is usually asymptomatic.
*The symptoms of (disease name) typically develop ___ years after exposure to ___.
*[[Kartagener]] syndrome usually presents with [[dextrocardia]]. It usually evolves with chronic [[sinusitis]] and [[bronchiectasis]] due to the multiple infections that develop as a consequence of the [[ciliary dyskinesia]].<ref name="pmid30050624">{{cite journal| author=Queiroz RM, Filho FB| title=Kartagener's syndrome. | journal=Pan Afr Med J | year= 2018 | volume= 29 | issue=  | pages= 160 | pmid=30050624 | doi=10.11604/pamj.2018.29.160.14927 | pmc=6057558 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=30050624  }} </ref>
*If left untreated, [#]% of patients with [disease name] may progress to develop [manifestation 1], [manifestation 2], and [manifestation 3].
*Patients presenting with [[heterotaxy]] may have other [[congenital disorders]] affecting the [[abdominal organs]] such as [[intestinal malrotation]] (which may present with [[obstruction]]), venous abnormalities, anomalous pulmonary venous connections, and [[asplenia]] (which may develop [[encapsulated organisms]] infection).<ref name="pmid24331937">{{cite journal| author=Wolla CD, Hlavacek AM, Schoepf UJ, Bucher AM, Chowdhury S| title=Cardiovascular manifestations of heterotaxy and related situs abnormalities assessed with CT angiography. | journal=J Cardiovasc Comput Tomogr | year= 2013 | volume= 7 | issue= 6 | pages= 408-16 | pmid=24331937 | doi=10.1016/j.jcct.2013.11.008 | pmc=3947807 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=24331937  }} </ref>


===Complications===
===Complications===

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: José Eduardo Riceto Loyola Junior, M.D.[2]

Overview

Prognosis is generally good if dextrocardia is the only diagnosis. If it is associated with other cardiac defects, it depends on those other defects.

Natural History, Complications, and Prognosis

Natural History

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Prognosis

  • Prognosis is generally good if dextrocardia is the only diagnosis. If it is associated with other cardiac defects, it depends on those other defects.[5][4]

References

  1. Queiroz RM, Filho FB (2018). "Kartagener's syndrome". Pan Afr Med J. 29: 160. doi:10.11604/pamj.2018.29.160.14927. PMC 6057558. PMID 30050624.
  2. Wolla CD, Hlavacek AM, Schoepf UJ, Bucher AM, Chowdhury S (2013). "Cardiovascular manifestations of heterotaxy and related situs abnormalities assessed with CT angiography". J Cardiovasc Comput Tomogr. 7 (6): 408–16. doi:10.1016/j.jcct.2013.11.008. PMC 3947807. PMID 24331937.
  3. Offen S, Jackson D, Canniffe C, Choudhary P, Celermajer DS (2016). "Dextrocardia in Adults with Congenital Heart Disease". Heart Lung Circ. 25 (4): 352–7. doi:10.1016/j.hlc.2015.09.003. PMID 26541676.
  4. 4.0 4.1 "StatPearls". 2021. PMID 32310534 Check |pmid= value (help).
  5. Marta MJ, Falcão LM, Saavedra JA, Ravara L (2003). "A case of complete situs inversus". Rev Port Cardiol. 22 (1): 91–104. PMID 12712813.

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