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Aortic atresia with visceral situs inversus with mirror-image dextrocardia

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A newborn infant with situs inversus totalis (visceral situs inversus with mirror-image dextrocardia) with aortic atresia is presented. No reports of this anatomical variant have previously been reported in the literature. A brief discussion of the various types of congenital heart defects and their incidence in association with situs inversus totalis is presented.

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  1. Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Duke University Medical Center, P.O. Box 3090, 27710, Durham, North Carolina, USA

    Karen H. Raines & Brenda E. Armstrong M.D.

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Raines, K.H., Armstrong, B.E. Aortic atresia with visceral situs inversus with mirror-image dextrocardia. Pediatr Cardiol 10, 232–235 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02083300

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