Dextrocardia history and 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.

• Symptoms of associated conditions
  • cyanosis
  • dyspnea
  • Failure to grow and gain weight
  • Fatigue
  • Jaundice
  • Pale skin
  • Repeated sinus or lung infections