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Pleural effusion is not always visible as a meniscus in the costophrenic angle. 
A subpulmonic effusion
On the left images ... a patient with signs ... of CHF. ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Pleural
Aortic Stenosis - Diagnosis and Stages

Clinical Presentation
- Exertional dyspnea
- Chest pain
- Palpitations
- HF Symptoms (orthopnea, PND,
Clinical Presentation ... Exertional dyspnea - Chest ... Palpitations - HF ... #Management #Signs ... #Symptoms #Cardiology
Septic emboli
Septic emboli usually present as multiple ill-defined nodules.
In about 50% cavitation is seen.
CT demonstrates more
lesions than the chest ... lesions abutting the pleura ... feeding vessel sign ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest #
Stage I - Redistribution
In a normal chest film with the patient standing erect, the pulmonary vessels
Stage I - Redistribution ... In daily clinical ... during a period of CHF ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Cephalization
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
Fraction (HFrEF) Clinical ... Chest x-ray: signs ... edema, bilateral pleural ... → no signs of CXR ... #cardiology #pharmacology
Pleural plaques
The CXR shows multiple opacities.
They have irregular shapes and do not look like a lung
have irregular shapes ... not look like a lung ... bordering the chest ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Pleural #
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
Based on the images ... between these chest ... Lobar pneumonia ... nodular interstitial lung ... #Radiology #CXR
Right lower lobe atelectasis
Chest x-rays of a 70-year old male who fell from the stairs and
lobe atelectasis Chest ... fell from the stairs ... some loculated pleural ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral #
Increased pulmonary venous pressure is related to the pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (PCWP) and can be
features on the chest ... In daily clinical ... chronic obstructive lung ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #CHF #CXR #Stages
Pleural effusion is bilateral in 70% of cases of CHF.
When unilateral, it is slightly more often
70% of cases of CHF ... seen on a supine chest ... On the left images ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Pleural