2007-09-20 17:05:00 · 10 answers · asked by s b 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine
Yes! tho possibility is very small, 1 in 130,000. An average cardiology physician would probably see 1 or 2 cases in his entire career. This condition is actually called Dextrocardia. Here is a link to a website with more facts about this condition.
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-dextrocardia.htm
P.S. there is also another condition called situs inversus ( inverse) where not just heart but other organs are reversed
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Situs_inversus
2007-09-20 17:43:18 · answer #1 · answered by whosethatgurl101 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The heart is mostly in the center. There's a little more poking out to the left than the right, There are cases of situs inversus, and those people are often misdiagnosed initially when a radiologist fusses at his tech for putting the label (usually a little "R") on the wrong side of a film, before realizing it was done properly all along. In complete situs inversus (and many aren't) there are bigger problems, in that the appendix, for instance, is on the left, and a surgeon wouldn't normally consider appendicitis in a patient with left lower abdominal pain.
I run into one of these people about once every eight or ten years. It isn't exactly common.
2007-09-21 01:10:07 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dextrocardia means heart on the right side.It is a congenital anamoly. Per se it is harmless. But if associated with other genetic abnormalities it can be problematic. In intrauterine life originally heart is a tube in the midline. It bulges first and rotates to the left in such a way that the anterior or front of the tube goes left. If the rotation is to right it is dextrocardia.
Sometimes other organs also rotate to opposite side. Thus in a condition called situs inversus ,heart is to right,liver to the left,spleen to right and appendix to left.
Kartageners syndrome is when there is situs inversus,bronchiectasis and sinusitis. It is a rare syndrome.
2007-09-21 00:40:06 · answer #3 · answered by J.SWAMY I ఇ జ స్వామి 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I've heard that some people have their organs on the wrong side of their bodies. I don't know if it applies to the heart, though.
2007-09-21 00:12:32 · answer #4 · answered by RoVale 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes there are many cases there a human is born with there organs reversed like the of an image in a mirror.
2007-09-21 00:17:13 · answer #5 · answered by Mr Hex Vision 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes it is possible for the heart to be on the right side
2007-09-21 00:36:10 · answer #6 · answered by beautifulmiss20022002 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the heart is in the middle. The Aorta is on the left. No known cases af an Aorta on the right.
2007-09-21 00:09:47 · answer #7 · answered by ninety9point8 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Yes, it's called 'dextrocardia' and though rare it does occur. All their organs are in mirror image to normal
2007-09-21 00:34:44 · answer #8 · answered by Aine 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My heart is on the right side.
I care for people and their causes. I love animals. I care for the environment. I try to help the poor.
I hope that your heart is on the right side too...
2007-09-21 00:13:58 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
maybe in history some place.
2007-09-21 00:34:09 · answer #10 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋