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A routine physical examination of this apparently well teenage girl revealed a right-sided cardiac apex. Chest radiography confirmed that her heart was in the right chest and that the cardiac apex pointed to the right. The aortic arch was on her left; mediastinal contours were normal; her lungs were clear; and the gastric bubble was on her left side.
Dextrocardia refers to a heart positioned in the right side of the chest. Situs solitus describes viscera that are in the normal position, with the stomach on the left side; in situs inversus, the...