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n. - Any abnormal position of the organs of the body.

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  • The term heterotaxy is intended to apply to the production of organs in situations where, under usual circumstances, they would not be formed.
  • He had suffered since birth from a disease called heterotaxy, in which his heart was transposed with other organs, restricting blood and oxygen flow.
  • Great veins, including patients with heterotaxy syndrome
  • Single ventricle defects include hypoplastic left heart syndrome, tricuspid atresia, double inlet left ventricle, some heterotaxy defects and others.
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