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Left Atrium
 - The upper posterior border of the heart is formed by the left atrium.
Right Ventricle ... #Anatomy #Radiology ... Lateral #Atrium #Ventricle ... #Cardiac #Chambers ... #RadiologyAssistant
Cardiac conducting system 
 - Sinoatrial (SA) node normally generates the action potential, i.e. the electrical
Cardiac conducting ... Sinoatrial (SA) node normally ... depolarizes the left ventricle ... #Anatomy #Cardiology ... #Cardiac #Heart
On a chest film only the outer contours of the heart are seen.
In many cases we
heart figure is normal ... Left Ventricle - ... #Anatomy #Radiology ... #Cardiac #Chambers ... #RadiologyAssistant
PA view
On the PA chest-film it is important to examine all the areas where the lung
aortic knob or left ventricle ... #Clinical #Anatomy ... #Radiology #CXR ... ParatrachealStripe #RadiologyAssistant ... ParaAorticLine #PAView #RadiologyAssistant
Diffuse consolidation
The most common cause of diffuse consolidation is pulmonary edema due to heart failure.
This is
have an acute cardiac ... may still have a normal ... , may have non-cardiac ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
Congestive heart failure (CHF) is the result of insufficient output because of cardiac failure, high resistance
output because of cardiac ... Left ventricle ( ... Right ventricle ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... Findings #Diagram #RadiologyAssistant
Silhouette sign
This is a very important sign. It enables us to find subtle pathology and to
The loss of the normal ... the heart, the normal ... #Diagnosis #Pathophys ... #Radiology #Silhouette ... SilhouetteSign #RadiologyAssistant
Tropical Endomyocardial Fibrosis (EMF)
snrunken ventnoes
Hallmark chronic EMF features include:
 • Apical obliteration of the left and/or
left and/or right ventricles ... enhancement pattern of normal ... with shrunken ventricles ... Fibrosis #EMF #cardiology ... #diagnosis