Levocardia

"Levocardia" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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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.

Descriptor ID	D007979
MeSH Number(s)	C14.240.400.701 C14.280.400.701 C16.131.240.400.701 C16.131.810.700
Concept/Terms	Levocardia Levocardia Isolated Levocardia Levocardia, Isolated Situs Inversus with Levocardia

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Levocardia".

Diseases [C]
Cardiovascular Diseases [C14]
Cardiovascular Abnormalities [C14.240]
Heart Defects, Congenital [C14.240.400]
Levocardia [C14.240.400.701]
Heart Diseases [C14.280]
Heart Defects, Congenital [C14.280.400]
Levocardia [C14.280.400.701]
Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities [C16]
Congenital Abnormalities [C16.131]
Cardiovascular Abnormalities [C16.131.240]
Heart Defects, Congenital [C16.131.240.400]
Levocardia [C16.131.240.400.701]
Situs Inversus [C16.131.810]
Levocardia [C16.131.810.700]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Levocardia".

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