Evans William N, Acherman Ruben J, Collazos Juan C, Castillo William J, Rollins Robert C, Kip Katrinka T, Restrepo Humberto
Children's Heart Center-Nevada, 3006 S. Maryland Parkway, Ste. 690, Las Vegas, NV 89109, USA.
Pediatr Cardiol. 2010 Jan;31(1):1-6. doi: 10.1007/s00246-009-9516-0. Epub 2009 Aug 29.
Dextrocardia is defined by the authors as a right-sided heart with a base-apex axis directed rightward, resulting from a variation in cardiac development, and not used as a general term indicating any heart in the right chest. Dextrocardia occurs in approximately 0.01% of live births and can be discovered in various clinical settings and at various patient ages. The authors review their experience with dextrocardia, discuss useful clinical points that aid in evaluating complex anatomy, recount the history of dextrocardia terminology, and note the current inconsistent nomenclature.
作者将右位心定义为心脏位于右侧且心底-心尖轴向右，这是心脏发育变异所致，并非用于泛指位于右胸的任何心脏。右位心在活产婴儿中的发生率约为0.01%，可在各种临床情况下及不同患者年龄时被发现。作者回顾了他们处理右位心的经验，讨论了有助于评估复杂解剖结构的有用临床要点，讲述了右位心术语的历史，并指出了当前命名的不一致之处。
