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Especially in patients who had recent cardiac surgery an enlargement of the heart figure can indicate
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Here another patient who had valve-replacement.
Notice the large heart size.
There is redistribution of the pulmonary vessels
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The CT-image shows a large pericardial effusion.
Always compare these post-operative chest films with the pre-operative ones.
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There is a large pericardial effusion, which is located posteriorly to the left ventricle (blue arrow).
The
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Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
pleural effusions ... ). 1/5 pts w/ acute ... → no signs of CXR ... Jcortesizaguirr #HFrEF #heartfailure ... diagnosis #management #cardiology