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Myocarditis
Diagnosis 
• Endomyocardial biopsy (gold standard, rarely performed) 
• Clinical presentation 
• Cardiovascular MRI 
Clinical 
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performed) • Clinical ... intolerance • Chest ... gallop • Abnormal ECG ... shock, sudden cardiac ... Diagnosis #Management #Cardiology
Pericardial effusion
Whenever we encounter a large heart figure, we should always be aware of the possibility
encounter a large heart ... On the chest x-ray ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest # ... PericardialEffusion #RadiologyAssistant
Cardiac incisura
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On the right side of the chest the lung will lie against
Cardiac incisura ... wall, since the heart ... pericardial fat or effusion ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #Incisura #RadiologyAssistant
Congestive heart failure
The findings are:
 - bilateral perihilar consolidation with air bronchograms and ill-defined borders
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Congestive heart ... - an increased heart ... pulmonary edema due to heart ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #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 ... the opposite #Clinical ... #LLL #Lobar #Collapse ... #RadiologyAssistant
On the left a patient with CHF. 
There is an increase in heart size compared to
a patient with CHF ... an increase in heart ... supine film the cardiac ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #Comparison #RadiologyAssistant
Especially in patients who had recent cardiac surgery an enlargement of the heart figure can indicate
who had recent cardiac ... enlargement of the heart ... change in the heart ... #Clinical #Radiology ... PericardialEffusion #RadiologyAssistant
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
Heart failure with ... Fraction (HFrEF) Clinical ... bilateral pleural effusions ... Consider cardiac ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
between these chest ... Lobar pneumonia ... with congestive heart ... #Radiology #CXR ... #Causes #RadiologyAssistant
Right lower lobe atelectasis
Chest x-rays of a 70-year old male who fell from the stairs and
lobe atelectasis Chest ... border of the heart ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #Lateral #RLL #Lobar ... #Collapse #RadiologyAssistant