Dextrocardia causes

Overview
There are a very small amount of possible causes of dextrocardia.


 * 1) The three major risk factors are
 * 2) A family history of defects involving dextrocardia. This includes a family history of heterotaxy.
 * 3) While there are not any known ways to prevent dextrocardia, not using illegal drugs while pregnant (especially cocaine) may lower the risk.
 * 4) Having diabetes may increase the risk of a child being born with dextrocardia.