Is an Appreciation of Isomerism the Key to Unlocking the Mysteries of the Cardiac Findings in Heterotaxy?

Pediatric cardiologists treating patients with severe congenital cardiac defects define “visceral heterotaxy” on the basis of isomerism of the atrial appendages. The isomeric features represent an obvious manifestation of disruption of left-right asymmetry during embryonic development. Thus, there a...

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Main Authors: Robert H. Anderson, Diane E. Spicer, Rohit Loomba
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-02-01
Series:Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2308-3425/5/1/11