Levocardia is a medical condition where the heart is on the correct side of the body (the left), but the related structures are on the wrong side, either due to corrected transposition of the great vessels

Transposition of the great vessels

Transposition of the great vessels is a group of congenital heart defects involving an abnormal spatial arrangement of any of the primary blood vessels: superior and/or inferior vena cavae , pulmonary artery, pulmonary veins, and aorta...

 or to situs inversus

Situs inversus

Situs inversus is a congenital condition in which the major visceral organs are reversed or mirrored from their normal positions. The normal arrangement is known as situs solitus...

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The term "levocardia" can also be used to indicate the absence of dextrocardia

Dextrocardia

Dextrocardia is a congenital defect in which the heart is situated on the right side of the body. There are two main types of dextrocardia: dextrocardia of embryonic arrest and dextrocardia situs inversus...

, and thus normal positioning of the heart—part of situs solitus

Situs solitus

Situs solitus refers to the normal position of thoracic and abdominal organs. Anatomically, this means that the heart is on the left with the pulmonary atrium on the right and the systemic atrium on the left along with the cardiac apex...

, normal positioning of the organs. However, this usage is less frequent.