A Twist of Fate: Situs Inversus Totalis with Dextrocardia

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A Twist of Fate: Situs Inversus Totalis with Dextrocardia Marwan Saad, MD, PhD, Deon O. Ford, MD, Kara K. Goddard, MD, Ahmed Abuzaid, MD The American Journal of Medicine Volume 128, Issue 5, Pages 477-479 (May 2015) DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2015.01.024 Copyright © 2015 Elsevier Inc. Terms and Conditions

Figure 1 The patient's ECG revealed an abnormal P-wave axis in leads I, II, and aVL (mainly negative P waves) and aVR (positive P waves). An abnormal QRS axis was noted in leads I, aVL (predominantly negative), and aVR (positive QRS), with prevalent S waves in all precordial leads. The American Journal of Medicine 2015 128, 477-479DOI: (10.1016/j.amjmed.2015.01.024) Copyright © 2015 Elsevier Inc. Terms and Conditions

Figure 2 A chest x-ray confirmed mirror image dextrocardia. The American Journal of Medicine 2015 128, 477-479DOI: (10.1016/j.amjmed.2015.01.024) Copyright © 2015 Elsevier Inc. Terms and Conditions