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Pleural effusion is bilateral in 70% of cases of CHF.
When unilateral, it is slightly more often
PA image as a meniscus ... On a lateral image ... evident on the lateral ... #Clinical #Radiology ... PleuralEffusion #RadiologyAssistant
Cardiac incisura
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On the right side of the chest the lung will lie against
Cardiac incisura ... pericardial fat or effusion ... #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 ... confirmed on the lateral ... #Radiology #CXR ... #LLL #Lobar #Collapse ... #RadiologyAssistant
Pleural effusion is not always visible as a meniscus in the costophrenic angle. 
A subpulmonic effusion
Pleural effusion ... always visible as a meniscus ... might get the impression ... #Clinical #Radiology ... SubpulmonicEffusion #RadiologyAssistant
Pleural fluid may become encysted.
Here we see fluid entrapped within the fissure.
This can sometimes give the
sometimes give the impression ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral # ... Effusion #Fissure ... #Pseudotumor #RadiologyAssistant
The location of the cardiac valves is best determined on the lateral radiograph.
A line is drawn
location of the cardiac ... can get a good impression ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CXR ... #Mitral #MVR #RadiologyAssistant
HRCT findings in OP
- Bilateral peripheral consolidations, sharply demarcated.
- Consolidations may be migratory.
- Lesions may show
findings in OP - Bilateral ... spiculae and give the impression ... small pleural effusions ... #Clinical #Radiology ... Pneumonia #ILD #RadiologyAssistant
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
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
of the resting cardiac ... generates enough compressive ... time for coronary perfusion ... #diagnosis #algorithm ... #management #clinical
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
of the resting cardiac ... generates enough compressive ... time for coronary perfusion ... #clinica l#foamed ... #algorithm #criticalcare