Dextrocardia: Practical clinical points and comments on terminology

Pediatric Cardiology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-6

  Evans, William N ^a,b   Acherman, Ruben J ^a,b   Collazos, Juan C ^b   Castillo, William J ^a,b   Rollins, Robert C ^a,b   Kip, Katrinka T ^a,b   Restrepo, Humberto ^a,b  

^a Childrens Heart Center Nevada   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dexiocardia; Dextrocardia; Heterotaxy; Situs inversus; Situs solitus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEXTROCARDIA; FEMALE; GREAT VESSELS TRANSPOSITION; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HETEROTAXY SYNDROME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEXTROCARDIA; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREVALENCE; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 75549089368     PISSN: 01720643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00246-009-9516-0     Document Type: Article

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