Can a heart be slightly twisted or in the wrong position like outside the rib cage?
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I believe the heart can be compressed without outright failure, but anything that impedes the heart's motion is extremely dangerous. The heart cannot be outside the rib cage unless the rib cage were to be suddenly torn away in some sort of accident.

 

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