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Diffuse consolidation
The most common cause of diffuse consolidation is pulmonary edema due to heart failure.
This is
cardiogenic edema, to differentiate ... have an acute cardiac ... , may have non-cardiac ... #CXR #Diffuse # ... #RadiologyAssistant
Left lower lobe atelectasis - There is a triangular density seen through the cardiac shadow.
This must
seen through the cardiac ... posterior to the heart ... #Radiology #CXR ... #LLL #Lobar #Collapse ... #RadiologyAssistant
Undifferentiated critical congenital heart disease: Patterns of Presentation 
Pink baby:
 • Presents at 1-6 mo
Undifferentiated critical ... determines if cardiac ... or pulmonary source ... • Circulatory collapse ... #presentation #Differential
The findings are:
 - Large density on the left with loss of cardiac silhouette.
 - High
left with loss of cardiac ... silhouette of the right heart ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral # ... LUL #Lobar #Collapse
On the left a patient with CHF. 
There is an increase in heart size compared to
an increase in heart ... redistribution of pulmonary ... supine film the cardiac ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Exacerbation
Stage III - Alveolar edema
This stage is characterized by continued fluid leakage into the interstitium, which
signs indicate heart ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Alveolar ... #Pulmonary #Edema ... AlveolarEdema #RadiologyAssistant
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy (PPCM)

What is PPCM?
• A form of acute systolic heart failure that develops late in
Cesarean delivery Clinical ... Key Point: High clinical ... , selenium) Differential ... congestion on a CXR ... experience recovery of cardiac