Does heterotopic heart need treatment?

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Heterotopic heart is a rare and serious congenital cardiovascular malformation, which refers to the location of the heart is not in the chest. It can be divided into neck type, chest type and thoracoabdominal type. Most of them coexist with thoracic bone defect, diaphragm defect and abdominal wall defect, and have simple or complex intracardiac malformations. The purpose of surgical treatment is to make the heart return to the normal position of the chest and correct the cardiovascular malformation. Because of the severity and complexity of the disease, the operation is not easy to be successful. Does heterotopic heart need treatment?

Does heterotopic heart need treatment?

Cardiac ectopia is a medical diagnostic term that refers to various variations of the normal position of the heart in the chest. Cardiac ectopia is one of the manifestations of congenital heart disease, such as dextrocardia, left heart, or rare "extracardiac", heart located in the abdominal wall, between the chest and abdominal cavity and other abnormal changes.

If cardiac ectopia does not affect the physiological function of the heart and has no obvious influence on other surrounding organs, it generally has no obvious clinical symptoms. For example, the heart is located on the right side of the body when the simple right heart is in addition to chest percussion and auscultation. It has no other symptoms and signs, and will not cause obvious pathological changes and symptoms. It is often found in physical examination and can be regarded as normal people.

If the site of heterotopic heart is special, or combined with other congenital heart malformations or other visceral transposition, it can produce the corresponding symptoms and manifestations of congenital heart disease. The incidence of heterotopic heart is very low and rare. The cause is related to the pathogenic factors of congenital heart disease. Some medical experts believe that dextrocardia accompanied by transposition of other viscera is related to the simultaneous mutation of a gene site in the body of parents during the development of human embryo.

matters needing attention

The simple heterotopic heart without heart malformation has no special precautions. The same as normal people, they pay attention to the prevention and treatment of coronary heart disease and other lifestyle diseases. Special cardiac ectopia and other congenital heart disease should be further examined, diagnosed and treated.