The shocking case of the baby who is born with the heart out of the chest

A minor was diagnosed with a strange pathology that causes her heart to grow outside her chest and must undergo a risky operation.

A strange medical case has occurred in Bolivia and has attracted the attention of thousands of people via social networks. This is a little girl who was born with her heart outside the chest, due to a strange disease called dextrocardia.

The case occurred in San Juan, a town located 200 kilometers from Sucre. The little girl was born in her house and had to be moved from emergency by his father to the hospital, according to information from the Bolivian news agency.

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The director of the neonatal hospital of gynecological obstetrician "Jaime Sánchez Porcel", María Elena Ponce, said Friday, March 22 that the baby stable and receiving the appropriate care, while the 31-year-old mother continues to recover from childbirth in San Lucas.

The baby weighed 2.5 kg and the doctors evaluated the the risks undergo surgery to correct his dextrocardia.

This condition of being born with the heart outside the chest, is a conbad disorder. In this the heart, which develops in the first weeks of gestation, turns (for no known reason) to the right side of the chest instead of the left side and grows outward.