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==Symptoms==
==Symptoms==
If a patient has simple dextrocardia, which refers to the patient only having dextrocardia and no other associated syndromes, then there will be no symptoms of it.  The patient's heart will be normal, it will just have the reversed anatomy of a normally positioned heart. Since simple dextrocardia is relatively rare, there are symptoms of conditions that are associated with dextrocardia.
Patients with isolated dextrocardia with no associated abnormalities are usually asymptomatic. When dextrocardia presents with abnormalities such as kartagener syndrome and situs inversus, patients may presents with symptoms that include:
 
*Symptoms of associated conditions
*Symptoms of associated conditions
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Revision as of 23:35, 5 May 2020

Symptoms

Patients with isolated dextrocardia with no associated abnormalities are usually asymptomatic. When dextrocardia presents with abnormalities such as kartagener syndrome and situs inversus, patients may presents with symptoms that include:

  • Symptoms of associated conditions