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Negative Contrast Effect in Right Atrium - Differential Diagnosis
1. Small secundum ASD or PFO with left
Negative Contrast ... Small secundum ASD ... to right shunt 2. ... opacification by agitated saline ... echocardiogram #s4c #pocus #bubble
Stage I - Redistribution
In a normal chest film with the patient standing erect, the pulmonary vessels
The pulmonary vascular ... during a period of CHF ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Cephalization ... Redistribution #RadiologyAssistant
On the left a patient with CHF. 
There is an increase in heart size compared to
a patient with CHF ... redistribution of pulmonary ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Exacerbation ... #Comparison #RadiologyAssistant
Double Shunt on Echocardiogram
What do you see on this saline contrast study, in a patient with
pulmonary hypertension ... Early transit of bubbles ... = PFO 2. ... stretched PFO or ASD ... #saline #contrast
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
on the images alone ... fever. 2. ... Clinical #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #CXR #Lobar #Consolidation ... #Causes #RadiologyAssistant
Congestive heart failure
The findings are:
 - bilateral perihilar consolidation with air bronchograms and ill-defined borders
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air bronchograms and ... heart size - subtle ... are dealing with pulmonary ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #RadiologyAssistant
Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

Symptoms:
• Palpitations, light-headedness, dizziness, dyspnea, exercise intolerance, chest pain, near-syncope, syncope.

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
Decompensated HF ... Noncardiac: • Pulmonary ... wide-complex tachycardia: bundle ... cardioversion 2. ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
Based on the CXR that you just saw, you could have made the diagnosis of congestive
Based on the CXR ... The pulmonary vessels ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #InterstitialEdema ... Interstitial #Edema #RadiologyAssistant
Artery-to-bronchus ratio 
Normally the vessels in the upper lobes are smaller than the accompanying bronchus with
redistribution of pulmonary ... 3 mm (normal 1-2 ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Vascular ... #Engorgement #RadiologyAssistant
Stage III - Alveolar edema
This stage is characterized by continued fluid leakage into the interstitium, which
influenced by: Gravity: supine ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Alveolar ... #Pulmonary #Edema ... AlveolarEdema #RadiologyAssistant