A Population-Based Study of Cardiac Malformations and Outcomes Associated With Dextrocardia

• Published in: The American journal of cardiology Vol. 100; no. 2; pp. 305 - 309
• Main Authors: Bohun, Claudine M., MB, ChB, Potts, James E., PhD, Casey, Brett M., MD, Sandor, George G.S., MB, ChB
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Elsevier Inc 15.07.2007; Elsevier; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Abnormalities, Multiple - embryology; Abnormalities, Multiple - epidemiology; Abnormalities, Multiple - mortality; Abortion, Induced; Biological and medical sciences; British Columbia - epidemiology; Cardiology. Vascular system; Cardiovascular; Cardiovascular disease; Clinical outcomes; Congenital heart diseases. Malformations of the aorta, pulmonary vessels and vena cava; Dextrocardia - embryology; Dextrocardia - mortality; Female; Heart; Heart Defects, Congenital - embryology; Heart Defects, Congenital - epidemiology; Heart Defects, Congenital - mortality; Heart Defects, Congenital - surgery; Humans; Medical prognosis; Medical sciences; Pregnancy; Retrospective Studies; Situs Inversus; Studies; British Columbia; Heart; Prognosis; Cardiovascular disease; Congenital disease; Dextrocardia; Phlebology; Association; Malformation; Heart disease; Evolution; Population; Circulatory system; Cardiology; Public health

The incidence of dextrocardia and its associated cardiac and noncardiac malformations is not known. There is inadequate information about outcomes to counsel parents about prognosis. A retrospective review of all diagnoses of dextrocardia due to embryologic development at a tertiary care hospital fr...