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RID35053 boot-shaped heart sign

synonym

coeur en sabot

definition

An appearance of the heart on the frontal chest radiograph of a child with decreased pulmonary vasculature, in which the left cardiac border resembles the outline of a wooden boot. The upturned cardiac apex is ascribed to right ventricular hypertrophy. Associated with tetralogy of Fallot.

comment

http://radiology.rsna.org/cgi/content/full/246/1/328