U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Format

Send to:

Choose Destination

Boot-shaped cardiac silhouette

MedGen UID:
1052529
Concept ID:
CN376653
Finding
Synonym: Boot shaped cardiac silhouette
 
HPO: HP:6000145

Definition

An abnormal form of the heart seen upon chest radiography in which the heart displays an upturned apex and slight concave pulmonary artery segment. This configuration is said to resemble a boot. [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVBoot-shaped cardiac silhouette

Supplemental Content

Table of contents

    Clinical resources

    Consumer resources

    Recent activity

    Your browsing activity is empty.

    Activity recording is turned off.

    Turn recording back on

    See more...