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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 ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR
Chest Pain - Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm

History and Exam
Acute life-threatening causes:
 • Acute myocardial infarction
 •
Chest Pain - Diagnosis ... Pneumothorax • Pulmonary ... embolism • Cardiac ... ultrasound • CXR ... Serial troponin; HEART
Tetralogy of Falot on Chest X-Ray
Tetralogy of Falot comprises four defects -
1. Ventricular septal defect (VSD)
2.
typical boot shaped heart ... caused the upturned cardiac ... along with concave Pulmonary ... the most common cardiac ... #XRay #CXR #clinical
Myocardial Injury Classification
Chronic myocardial injury: Chronic heart failure, Cardiomyopathy, Hypertension, CKD/ESRD
Acute nonischemic myocardial injury:
 - Primary
Myocardial Injury Classification ... injury: Chronic heart ... illness: Critical ... illness, Sepsis, Pulmonary ... #diagnosis #cardiology
Transposition of Great Arteries (TGA) on Chest XRay
 - Oval Shaped Cardiac Silhouette 
 - Narrow
Arteries (TGA) on Chest ... - Oval Shaped Cardiac ... - Increased pulmonary ... GreatArteries #TGA #CXR ... #Clinical
ARDS/VALI progression over the course of 1 week 
 (a) Day 1 - No pathological findings.
) Day 2 - some pulmonary ... structures help in the differential ... diagnosis of pulmonary ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #ChestXRay
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
embolism, Pulm edema, heart ... Evaluation: Imaging (CXR ... /- High res CT chest ... HIVAIDS #workup #diagnosis ... #evaluation #differential
Clinical Classification of Pulmonary Hypertension

1. Pulmonary arterial hypertension from pulmonary vasculopathy
Idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension
Heritable gene mutations
Clinical Classification ... - Congenital heart ... due to left heart ... Hypertension #PHTN #Classification ... #Diagnosis #Differential
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
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Miliary Pattern - Chest ... Diagnosis of Miliary ... Miliary #Pattern #Chest ... #diagnosis #pulmonary ... #CXR #clinical
Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

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

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
exercise intolerance, chest ... Cardiac: • Valvular ... Noncardiac: • Pulmonary ... #Fibrillation #AFib ... #diagnosis #management