Learning Cardiology

There are three possible arrangements: Solitus (normal) Inversus (mirror image of normal), and Ambiguous (not clearly solitus or inversus ). Here the thoracic and abdominal organs cannot be lateralized and have neither the normal nor mirror image arrangement. CARDIAC ORIENTATION- Relationship or axis of the base to the apex of the heart Levocardia is defined as a normal cardiac position with the cardiac base-to-apex axis pointing from upper right to lower left. Dextrocardia refers to a heart with the base-to-apex axis pointing from the upper left to the lower right. Mesocardia refers to a heart that is usually in the midline with the base-to-apex axis directly from superior to inferior. So, the normal arrangement is Situs Solitus with Levocardia And the mirror image of it is called Situs Inversus with Dextrocardia LAST 3 POINTS ( most important ones actually ) 1) The normal arrangement is Situs Solitus with Levocardia And the mirror image