Levocardia

Congenital abnormalities in which the HEART is in the normal position (levocardia) in the left side of the chest but some or all of the THORAX or ABDOMEN viscera are transposed laterally (SITUS INVERSUS). It is also known as situs inversus with levocardia, or isolated levocardia. This condition is often associated with severe heart defects and splenic abnormalities such as asplenia or polysplenia.

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Networked: 13 relevant articles (0 outcomes, 1 trials/studies)

Disease Context: Research Results

Related Diseases

1.	Situs Inversus
2.	Tricuspid Atresia
3.	Neoplasms (Cancer)
4.	Ventricular Heart Septal Defects (Ventricular Septal Defect)
5.	Atrial Heart Septal Defects (Atrial Septal Defect)

Experts

1.	Kang, Hyun: 1 article (12/2014)
2.	Lim, Han-Ki: 1 article (12/2014)
3.	Choi, Yoo Shin: 1 article (12/2014)
4.	Lee, Seung Eun: 1 article (12/2014)
5.	Prachasilchai, Pimpak: 1 article (06/2014)
6.	Sangtawesin, Chaisit: 1 article (06/2014)
7.	Promphan, Worakan: 1 article (06/2014)
8.	Layangool, Thanarat: 1 article (06/2014)
9.	Kirawittaya, Tawatchai: 1 article (06/2014)
10.	Kojaranjit, Vichao: 1 article (06/2014)

Drugs and Biologics

Drugs and Important Biological Agents (IBA) related to Levocardia:

1.	Lung agenesisIBA 10/01/1958 - "[Lung agenesis with levocardia; a study of diagnosis of unilateral thoracic shadows]."
2.	Complete atrioventricular septal defectIBA 03/01/2001 - "We describe a rare case of right atrial isomerism, levocardia, right-side stomach, obstructed supracardiac total anomalous pulmonary venous connection, double outlet right ventricle with complete atrioventricular septal defect and absent spleen. " 07/01/1988 - "In all 11 fetuses, cardiac malformations were present: complete atrioventricular canal with levocardia, situs inversus viscerum, and polysplenia: 5 cases; tricuspid atresia with situs inversus viscerum, endocardial fibroelastosis, common atrium with aortic valve atresia, hypoplastic left heart, atrial septal defect of secundum type: one case each. "
3.	X-linked visceral HeterotaxyIBA 08/01/1978 - "Levocardia was present in 20 of 23; visceroatrial situs solitisu in 20 of 23, with 3 patients, 2 with asplenia and 1 with polysplenia, having visceral heterotaxia. "
4.	Ivemark syndromeIBA 09/01/1961 - "[Levocardia with asplenism (Ivemark syndrome) diagnosed premortem]."

Therapies and Procedures

1.	Blalock-Taussig Procedure 02/01/1951 - "Situs inversus of the abdominal viscera with levocardia; report of eight cases submitted to the Blalock-Taussig operation."
2.	Fontan Procedure (Fontan Operation) 06/01/2014 - "A patient with diagnosis of progressive cyanosis post Fontan operation from porto-systemic venous shunt at QSNICH RESULTS: This is a case of twelve years old girl, who had diagnosis of situs solitus, levocardia, atrio-ventricular concordant, ventriculo-arterial concordant, hypoplastic right ventricle with large ventricular septal defect. "
3.	Pancreaticoduodenectomy 12/01/2014 - "Pancreaticoduodenectomy performed in a patient with situs ambiguous accompanied with isolated levocardia, malrotation, and normal spleen." 12/01/2014 - "We report a case of common bile duct (CBD) cancer, successfully managed with pancreaticoduodenectomy, in a patient with isolated levocardia, malrotation, and situs ambiguous (without splenic anomalies). "
4.	Heart Transplantation (Grafting, Heart) 06/01/2002 - "Usefulness of cardiac transplantation in children with visceral heterotaxy (asplenic and polysplenic syndromes and single right-sided spleen with levocardia) and comparison of results with cardiac transplantation in children with dilated cardiomyopathy."
5.	Stents 10/01/2013 - "Factors independently associated with better quality included younger age, levocardia, acquisition of the echocardiogram at a longer time since the beginning of enrollment, absence of a pulmonary artery stent, and clinical site. "