Acquired Cardiac Dextroposition

Hafez Golzarian, DO; Michael Widmer, DO; Sidra Shah, DO; Mohammad Shaikh, MD; Sandeep M. Patel, MD

JACC: Case Reports (May 2023)

Acquired Cardiac Dextroposition

Hafez Golzarian, DO,
Michael Widmer, DO,
Sidra Shah, DO,
Mohammad Shaikh, MD,
Sandeep M. Patel, MD

Affiliations

Hafez Golzarian, DO: Mercy Health–St. Rita’s Medical Center, Internal Medicine Residency Program, Lima, Ohio, USA
Michael Widmer, DO: Mercy Health–St. Rita’s Medical Center, Internal Medicine Residency Program, Lima, Ohio, USA
Sidra Shah, DO: Mercy Health–St. Rita’s Medical Center, Internal Medicine Residency Program, Lima, Ohio, USA
Mohammad Shaikh, MD: Mercy Health–St. Rita’s Medical Center, Internal Medicine Residency Program, Lima, Ohio, USA
Sandeep M. Patel, MD: Structural Heart & Intervention Center, Bon Secours Mercy Health–St. Rita’s Medical Center, Lima, Ohio, USA; Address for correspondence: Dr Sandeep M. Patel, Structural Heart and Intervention Center, St. Rita's Medical Center (Mercy), 730 West Market Street, 2K Tower, Lima, Ohio 45801, USA.

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 14
p. 101838

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Despite tremendous advancements in electrocardiography machine algorithms, accurately diagnosing dextrocardia, pseudodextrocardia, and limb lead reversal remains a serious challenge. We present the case of a patient with acquired cardiac dextroposition, or “pseudodextrocardia,” in which the electrocardiography machine algorithm incorrectly interpreted the finding as “dextrocardia vs limb lead reversal.” (Level of Difficulty: Advanced.)

Published in JACC: Case Reports

ISSN: 2666-0849 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/jacc-case-reports

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