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1 What dictates the position of the diaphragm—The heart or the liver?
Veerappa Reddy, MB, MS, MCh, Sanjeev Sharma, MD, Adnan Cobanoglu, MD  The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery  Volume 108, Issue 4, Pages (October 1994) DOI: /uri:pii:S Copyright © 1994 Mosby, Inc. Terms and Conditions

2 Fig. 1 Normal posture of hemidiaphragms and abdominal situs solitus.
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery  , DOI: ( /uri:pii:S ) Copyright © 1994 Mosby, Inc. Terms and Conditions

3 Fig. 2 Isolated dextrocardia: cardiac apex to the right, right hemidiaphragm at lower position, and abdominal situs solitus. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery  , DOI: ( /uri:pii:S ) Copyright © 1994 Mosby, Inc. Terms and Conditions

4 Fig. 3 Dextroversion: cardiac apex to the right, right hemidiaphragm at lower position, and abdominal situs inversus. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery  , DOI: ( /uri:pii:S ) Copyright © 1994 Mosby, Inc. Terms and Conditions

5 Fig. 4 Levoversion: cardiac apex to the left, left hemidiaphragm at lower position, and abdominal situs inversus. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery  , DOI: ( /uri:pii:S ) Copyright © 1994 Mosby, Inc. Terms and Conditions

6 Fig. 5 Mesocardia: ambiguous cardiac apex and abdominal situs, and hemidiaphragms at equal position. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery  , DOI: ( /uri:pii:S ) Copyright © 1994 Mosby, Inc. Terms and Conditions


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