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Artificial Heart Valve Replacement - Positioning on Chest X-Ray

#HeartValve #Replacement #Positioning #Chest #XRay #radiology #clinical #CXR
Artificial Heart ... Positioning on Chest ... #Positioning #Chest ... #XRay #radiology ... #clinical #CXR
Pericardial Tamponade
Beck's Triad 
1. Hypotension 
2. Jugular venous distension 
3. Muffled heart sounds 
Patient will be
Muffled heart sounds ... of dyspnea and chest ... will show muffled heart ... #Pericardial #Cardiac ... Triad #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Tetralogy of Falot on Chest X-Ray
Tetralogy of Falot comprises four defects -
1. Ventricular septal defect (VSD)
2.
Tetralogy of Falot on Chest ... develops after birth Chest ... Tetralogy #Falot #Chest ... #XRay #CXR #clinical ... #pediatrics #cardiology
Chest Pain - Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm

History and Exam
Acute life-threatening causes:
 • Acute myocardial infarction
 •
Chest Pain - Diagnosis ... tamponade • Esophageal ... ultrasound • CXR ... Serial troponin; HEART ... MatthewHoMD #Chest
HEART Score allows us to risk stratify low risk chest pain patients and get them out
HEART Score allows ... stratify low risk chest ... Here it is in all ... www.mdcalc.com/heart-score-major-cardiac-events ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Silhouette Sign on Chest X-Ray
Loss of the margin between two opposing structures of the same radiographic
Silhouette Sign on Chest ... – right heart border ... Lingula – left heart ... Sign #ChestXRay #CXR ... #diagnosis #radiology
Chest X-Ray Interpretation Checklist
Outline ALL bones
Check soft tissues
Assess heart borders
Is density, behind the heart the same
Chest X-Ray Interpretation ... tissues Assess heart ... density, behind the heart ... radiologistpage #Chest ... #XRay #CXR #Interpretation
Calcifications Around the Heart on Chest XRay
Case #1: This appearance is typical of pericardial calcification &
Calcifications Around the Heart ... on Chest XRay Case ... Calcifications #Heart ... #Chest #XRay #CXR ... #clinical
Atrial Fibrillation Overview

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

1. Why?
Cardiac:
• Valvular heart disease
•
exercise intolerance, chest ... Cardiac: • Valvular ... heart disease ... • Structural heart ... #Fibrillation #Cardiology
Cardiac incisura
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On the right side of the chest the lung will lie against
right side of the chest ... against the anterior chest ... wall, since the heart ... be seen on many chest ... #Clinical #Radiology