Medicine:Cœur en sabot
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| Cœur en sabot | |
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| Specialty | Cardiology |
| Differential diagnosis | Tetralogy of Fallot |
Cœur en sabot (French for "clog-shaped heart" or "boot-shaped heart"[1]) is a radiological sign seen most commonly in patients with tetralogy of Fallot,[2] a cyanotic congenital heart disease. It is a radiological term to describe the following findings in the x-ray:[citation needed]
- The cardiac size is normal or mildly enlarged.
- The left cardiac border shows uplifted apex "outermost lower most point of the heart at the left side" denoting right ventricular enlargement.
- exaggerated cardiac waist, which means that the pulmonary segment is small and concave suggesting infundibular pulmonary stenosis.
Echocardiography has been used for confirmation and differentiation of congenital heart diseases.[citation needed]
References
- ↑ "The boot-shaped heart sign". Radiology 246 (1): 328-329. 2008. doi:10.1148/radiol.2461041673. PMID 18096546. https://pubs.rsna.org/doi/10.1148/radiol.2461041673?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed.
- ↑ "Definition: Cœur en sabot from Online Medical Dictionary". http://cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk/cgi-bin/omd?coeur+en+sabot.
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