Dextrocardia Situs Inversus refers to the heart being a mirror image situated on the right side. According to the related link, "When defibrillating someone with Dextrocardia, the defibrillator pads should be placed in reverse positions. That is, instead of upper right and lower left, pads should be placed upper left and lower right.".
Reversal of all your organ systems
My ex husband has situs inversus and dextrocardia and he is not able to have children.
Yes they can. I'm a woman with situs inversus. It is a blessing and it takes a while.
Rarely, situs inversus can run in families, but most often it is an isolated and accidental event occurring in an individual for the first time in the family.
through x-ray
To confirm the a suspected diagnosis of situs inversus, imaging studies such as MRI, CT, or ultrasound may be ordered, and a referral may be made to a cardiologist or internist for completeness.
Yet because this arrangement, called situs inversus, is a perfect mirror image, the relationship between the organs is not changed, so functional problems rarely occur.
Situs Invertus is a congenital condition in which major organs are inverted or opposite of where they are supposed to be.
The answer is yes. I am a male with situs ambiguous and i have two healthy kids. a boy and a girl
dextrocardia situs inversus if the heart is completely inversed by 180 degree :)
Although only 3-5% of people with situs inversus have any type of functional heart defect, this is higher than the rate of heart defects in the general population, which is less than 1%.
YES. You want to make sure you have had your doctors fully check the heart for any defects as 95% of those with situs inversus with levocardia have congenital heart defects. My wife had a CT scan and everything showed in proper order. We have had two beautiful children.