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Left Atrium
 - The upper posterior border of the heart is formed by the left atrium.
Left Atrium - The ... #Anatomy #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral # ... #Cardiac #Chambers ... #RadiologyAssistant
Diffuse consolidation
The most common cause of diffuse consolidation is pulmonary edema due to heart failure.
This is
have an acute cardiac ... , may have non-cardiac ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR ... #RadiologyAssistant
It is very important to differentiate between acute consolidation and chronic consolidation, because it will limit
very important to differentiate ... proteinaceous material ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR ... #RadiologyAssistant
On a chest film only the outer contours of the heart are seen.
In many cases we
. - Left atrial ... #Anatomy #Radiology ... #CXR #Atrium #Ventricle ... #Cardiac #Chambers ... #RadiologyAssistant
In this illustration the lower lobe arteries are coloured blue because they contain oxygen-poor blood.
They have
towards the left atrium ... #Anatomy #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral # ... PulmonaryVeins #RadiologyAssistant
Differential Diagnosis of Cyanosis
Peripheral cyanosis
  A. Low cardiac output states
  B. Environmental exposure (cold)
Differential Diagnosis ... Low cardiac output ... Anatomic shunts ... #Cyanosis #Differential ... Diagnosis #Causes #Cardiology
The location of the cardiac valves is best determined on the lateral radiograph.
A line is drawn
location of the cardiac ... carina to the cardiac ... enlargement of the left atrium ... #CXR #Lateral # ... #Mitral #MVR #RadiologyAssistant
Pacemaker
There are different types of cardiac pacemakers.
Here we see a pacemaker with one lead in the
different types of cardiac ... lead in the right atrium ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Biventricular ... CoronarySinus #RadiologyAssistant
The findings are:
 - Large density on the left with loss of cardiac silhouette.
 - High
left with loss of cardiac ... possibly also partial ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral # ... LuftsichelSign #RadiologyAssistant
When a rib fracture heals, the callus formation may create a mass-like appearance (blue arrow).
Sometimes a
is necessary to differentiate ... with pulmonary arterial ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Old #RibFracture ... #Pseudotumor #RadiologyAssistant