Preferred Label : cardiac blur sign;
Definition : All or part of left heart border is obscurred on a frontal radiograph. Typically suggests
postinfarction myocardial scar of anterior wall of left ventricle. May also suggest
pleuropericardial scarring, cardiophrenic angle fat pad, or arrythmia.;
Source : Eisenberg, Ronald L. Atlas of Signs in Radiology.;
Origin ID : RID35071;
Associated condition(s)
All or part of left heart border is obscurred on a frontal radiograph. Typically suggests
postinfarction myocardial scar of anterior wall of left ventricle. May also suggest
pleuropericardial scarring, cardiophrenic angle fat pad, or arrythmia.