Karen on June 16th, 2009

Traci Doland keeps me posted on her cute little guy, Broady.  Like my Nathan, Broady has Scimitar Syndrome.  His surgery has not been scheduled yet, but he will undergo a procedure to repair Partial Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return by baffling to the left atrium.  He will also require resection of the right lower lung because [...]

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Karen on March 26th, 2009

In dextrocardia, the heart is abnormally positioned in the right chest instead of forming in the left.  This is frequently detected during prenatal ultrasound and may or may not indicate a heart problem.
Dextrocardia Situs Inversus (mirror image) is extremely rare and usually involves no related medical problems.  If the viseral organs are mirrored as well, [...]

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