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Dextrocardia

Anesthesia Implications

Clinically reviewed by anesthesia providers · Updated

Copious SecretionsReactive AirwayImmunocompromiseSepsisHypoxiaAsplenia

Pathophysiology

Dextrocardia is a congenital malposition — roughly 1 in 12,000 pregnancies — in which the heart sits in the right hemithorax with its base-to-apex axis pointing rightward. That axis is what separates...

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