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Box-shaped heart

Last revised by Dr Daniel J Bell ◉ on 08 Dec 2021

Citation, DOI & article data

Citation:

Tatco, V., Bell, D. Box-shaped heart. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org. (accessed on 18 Aug 2022) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-43275

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-43275

Permalink:

https://radiopaedia.org/articles/43275

rID:

43275

Article created:

03 Mar 2016 by Dr Vincent Tatco ◉

Revisions:

8 times by 5 users - see full revision history

Systems:

Cardiac, Chest

Section:

Signs

Tags:

refs, cases, snippet title

Synonyms:

Box shaped hearts
Box shaped heart

A box-shaped heart is a radiographic description given to the cardiac silhouette in some cases of Ebstein anomaly. The classic appearance of this finding is caused by the combination of the following features:

huge right atrium that may fill the entire right hemithorax
shelved appearance of the left cardiac contour due to the dilated right ventricular outflow tract or elevated residual right ventricle
small aorta and main pulmonary artery