Situs Inversus
Today’s Good Morning America covered an interesting story of a man with situs inversus (organs on the opposite side). Jack Eigel lived with this condition just fine until he required a heart transplant in his early 50s. The space for his new heart would be shaped differently, complicating an already difficult surgical procedure. This interests [...]
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 [...]
