Dextrocardia

Question 1

2 causes of inverted P-waves?

Answer 1

• Dextrocardia

- Natural cardiac pacemaker being situated somewhere else in the atrium than the SA node

Question 2

What is dextrocardia of embryonic arrest?

Answer 2

Congenital condition where a normal heart is situated unusually rightward

Question 3

What is dextrocardia situs inversus?

Answer 3

Mirror image on the right of a normal heart

Question 4

What is it called if all internal organs are mirrored?

Answer 4

Dextrocardia situs inversus totalis (v rare)

Question 5

Are dextracardia situs inversus +/- totalis malignant or benign, and which condition are they associated with?

Answer 5

Benign

- Kartagener syndrome (primary ciliary dyskinesia)