71 results
Silhouette Sign on Chest X-Ray
Loss of the margin between two opposing structures of the same radiographic
on Chest X-Ray Loss ... – right heart border ... Lingula – left heart ... #ChestXRay #CXR ... #diagnosis #radiology
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 ... typical boot shaped heart ... Tetralogy #Falot #Chest ... #XRay #CXR #clinical
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
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
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
Congenital absence of the pericardium: 
- CXR: leftward shift of the cardiac silhouette, Snoopy sign, no
pericardium: - CXR ... silhouette, Snoopy sign ... displacement of the heart ... #chest #radiology ... #clinical
Cardiac incisura
Click image to enlarge.
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