In training, we are all taught to stand on the right side of the patient’s bed during an examination. The heart lies in the right side of the chest, pointing to the right instead of the left like all other normal hearts. The second type is dextrocardia with situs solitus, where the heart alone is wrongly rotated, but other organs are typically placed. In this case, the organs are all rotated to the opposite side, but the heart remains in its normal position. Despite the heart being correctly sited, it will have multiple abnormalities that determine the severity of the patient’s conditions.

Source: Daily Nation December 05, 2019 10:52 UTC