Cœur en sabot

{{Short description|Pattern seen in radiologic examinations}}

{{Infobox medical condition (new)

| name = Cœur en sabot

| synonyms =

| image =

| caption =

| pronounce =

| field = Cardiology

| symptoms =

| complications =

| onset =

| duration =

| types =

| causes =

| risks =

| diagnosis =

| differential = Tetralogy of Fallot

| prevention =

| treatment =

| medication =

| prognosis =

| frequency =

| deaths =

}}

Cœur en sabot (French for "clog-shaped heart" or "boot-shaped heart"{{cite journal | vauthors = Haider EA| title = The boot-shaped heart sign | journal = Radiology | volume = 246 | issue = 1 | pages = 328-329| date = 2008 | doi =10.1148/radiol.2461041673 |url=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 |archive-url= |archive-date=|PMID = 18096546 | PMC= | url-access = subscription }}) is a radiological sign seen most commonly in patients with tetralogy of Fallot,{{cite web |url=http://cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk/cgi-bin/omd?coeur+en+sabot |title=Definition: Cœur en sabot from Online Medical Dictionary |access-date=2009-01-02}} a cyanotic congenital heart disease. It is a radiological term to describe the following findings in the x-ray:{{cn|date=October 2021}}

• 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.{{cn|date=January 2021}}