Key Highlights
- 30 at age 71 — opened up about her dextrocardia situs inversus diagnosis and explained how she discovered the condition much later in life. Dextrocardia is a rare congenital (present at birth) heart defect in which the heart is positioned on the right side of the chest instead of its normal position on the left side.
- Dextrocardia on its own does not usually cause problems, but it tends to occur with other conditions that can have serious effects on the heart, lungs and other vital organs, according to Johns Hopkins Medicine.
- The condition can also cause other organs to be on the opposite side of the body.
- It is unknown if dextrocardia situs inversus contributed to O'Hara's death.
- 'HOME ALONE' STAR CATHERINE O'HARA DEAD AT 71 Catherine O'Hara died on Jan.
