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'Dextrocardia' is a peculiar condition in which the heart is positioned on the right side of the chest while it is normally on the left (mirror-image). The name is derived from ''dexter'' in Latin meaning "on the right" and ''cardio'' meaning "of the heart".
If the rest of the organ systems are reversed, the condition is called situs inversus. Individuals with both dextrocardia and situs inversus suffer a far lesser rate of congenital heart defects than do people with only one of the two conditions.
When defibrillating someone with dextrocardia, the pads should be placed in reverse positions. That is, instead of upper right and lower left, pads should be placed upper left and lower right.

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