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Stage II - Interstitial edema
Stage II of CHF is characterized by fluid leakage into the interlobular
edema Stage II of CHF ... Kerley-B lines are ... perpendicular to the pleura ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #KerleyB
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 # ... KerleyB #Kerley
Pleural effusion is not always visible as a meniscus in the costophrenic angle. 
A subpulmonic effusion
always visible as ... bubble and the lung ... with signs of CHF ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Pleural
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
: weight gain, lung ... HFrEF may lack lung ... peribronchial cuffing, Kerley ... pleural effusions ... → no signs of CXR
Pleural effusion is bilateral in 70% of cases of CHF.
When unilateral, it is slightly more often
70% of cases of CHF ... on a PA image as ... On a lateral image ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Pleural
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 #
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
The contours of the left and right diaphragm should be visible.
The right diaphragm should be visible
should be visible all ... the air in the lungs ... #Clinical #Anatomy ... #Radiology #CXR ... #Lateral #Hemidiaphragm
Lateral view
On a normal lateral view the contours of the heart are visible and the IVC
upper lobes of the lung ... As you go from superior ... more radiolucent lung ... #Clinical #Anatomy ... #Radiology #CXR
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 #