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On the left another patient with a large cardiac silhouette on the chest x-ray due to
patient with a large cardiac ... Pericardial effusion ... CT-reconstruction #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest # ... PericardialEffusion #RadiologyAssistant
Pericardial Tamponade
Beck's Triad 
1. Hypotension 
2. Jugular venous distension 
3. Muffled heart sounds 
Patient will be
Pericardial Tamponade ... show diastolic collapse ... of RV - Treatment ... #Cardiac #Tamponade ... Triad #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Cardiac incisura
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On the right side of the chest the lung will lie against
Cardiac incisura ... since the heart or pericardial ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral # ... #RadiologyAssistant
Left lower lobe atelectasis - There is a triangular density seen through the cardiac shadow.
This must
seen through the cardiac ... opposite #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #LLL #Lobar ... #Collapse #RadiologyAssistant
TOPCAT - Spironolactone for Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction

N Engl J Med 2014; 370:1383-1392 https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa1313731

CONCLUSIONS:
ejection fraction, treatment ... causes, aborted cardiac ... hospitalization for the management ... Spironolactone #HFpEF ... #dCHF #Cardiology
Especially in patients who had recent cardiac surgery an enlargement of the heart figure can indicate
who had recent cardiac ... only a minimal pericardial ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTS #CXR #PostSurgical ... PericardialEffusion #RadiologyAssistant
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
→ no signs of CXR ... of obstructive epicardial ... Consider cardiac ... heartfailure #diagnosis #management ... #cardiology #pharmacology
Temporary / External Pacing
 • Transvenous & epicardial pacing are temporary methods of supporting brady- &
or definitive treatment ... • External cardiac ... and more durable treatments ... External #Pacing #cardiology ... #diagnosis #management
The findings are:
 - Large density on the left with loss of cardiac silhouette.
 - High
left with loss of cardiac ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral # ... LUL #Lobar #Collapse ... LuftsichelSign #RadiologyAssistant
Total atelectasis
The chest x-ray shows total atelectasis of the right lung due to mucus plugging.
Notice the
chest film after treatment ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Total #Lung ... #Collapse #RadiologyAssistant