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Pleural effusion is bilateral in 70% of cases of CHF.
When unilateral, it is slightly more often
Pleural effusion ... If pleural effusion ... pleural effusions ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Pleural
Pleural effusion is not always visible as a meniscus in the costophrenic angle. 
A subpulmonic effusion
Pleural effusion ... always visible as ... with signs of CHF ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Pleural
Stage II - Interstitial edema
Stage II of CHF is characterized by fluid leakage into the interlobular
edema Stage II of CHF ... perpendicular to the pleura ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #KerleyB ... Kerley #BLines #IntersitialEdema
CT will also demonstrate signs of congestive heart failure.
On the image on the left notice the
CT will also demonstrate ... Bilateral pleural ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #CHF # ... Intersitial #Edema #IntersitialEdema
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
gallop rhythm), and laterally ... : weight gain, lung ... HFrEF may lack lung ... pleural effusions ... → no signs of CXR
Pleural plaques
The CXR shows multiple opacities.
They have irregular shapes and do not look like a lung
not look like a lung ... All these findings ... are usually: - bilateral ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Pleural #
Based on the CXR that you just saw, you could have made the diagnosis of congestive
Based on the CXR ... There is pleural ... All these findings ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #InterstitialEdema
PA view
On the PA chest-film it is important to examine all the areas where the lung
important to examine all ... we will discuss later ... lymphadenopathy, pleural ... Clinical #Anatomy #Radiology ... #CXR #Normal #Labeled
Stage III - Alveolar edema
This stage is characterized by continued fluid leakage into the interstitium, which
effusion). ... position Obstructive lung ... diseased areas of the lung ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Alveolar
Right lower lobe atelectasis
Chest x-rays of a 70-year old male who fell from the stairs and
some loculated pleural ... posterolateral as ... surrounded by aerated lung ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral #