Normal Cardiac Anatomy and Clinical Evaluation

Nikolaus A Haas; David J Driscoll; Silke Rickert-Sperling

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-44087-8_4

Normal Cardiac Anatomy and Clinical Evaluation

Adv Exp Med Biol. 2024:1441:87-100. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-44087-8_4.

Authors

Nikolaus A Haas¹, David J Driscoll², Silke Rickert-Sperling³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Intensive Care, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany. Nikolaus.haas@med.uni-muenchen.de.
² Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN, USA.
³ Cardiovascular Genetics, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.

PMID: 38884706
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-44087-8_4

Abstract

The heart is positioned in the middle, superior, and posterior regions of the mediastinum. Although it is a midline structure, the apex of the heart is typically situated to the left of the midline (Fig. 4.1).

MeSH terms

Heart* / anatomy & histology
Heart* / physiology
Humans