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Congestive Heart Failure - Causes, Pathophysiology and Differential Diagnosis
 • Dilated Cardiomyopathy 
 • Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Failure - Causes, Pathophysiology ... and Differential ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #cardiology ... #HFrEF #HFpEF #CHF
Mediastinal Widening - Differential Diagnosis

 • Vascular: Aortic dissection, Aortic anourysm, Enlarged pulmonary arteries, Venous or
Mediastinal Widening - Differential ... or middle lobe collapse ... Pericardial effusion • CXR ... Mediastinal #Widening #Differential ... Diagnosis #pulmonary #radiology
High Output Heart Failure - Pathophysiology and Differential Diagnosis
Obesity - Systemic Vasodilation, Vasoactive Adipokines
Arteriovenous Fistula -
and Differential ... #HeartFailure #CHF ... #Pathophysiology ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #cardiology
A common finding in atelectasis of the right upper lobe is 'tenting' of the diafphragm (blue
diafphragm (blue arrow ... both lungs (red arrows ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #RUL #Lobar ... #Collapse #Tenting
Right upper lobe atelectasis
Findings:
1) triangular density
2) elevated right hilus
3) obliteration of the retrosternal clear space (arrow)
retrosternal clear space (arrow ... ) #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #RUL #Lobar ... #Collapse #LungCancer
Pleural effusion is not always visible as a meniscus in the costophrenic angle. 
A subpulmonic effusion
with signs of CHF ... on both sides (arrow ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Pleural
Radiation Injury
Acute Radiation Toxicity primarily affects rapidly dividing cells based on dosage
Hematopoiteic - Pancytopenia, Infection
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CNS - Circuatory collapse ... 1 Gy = ~10,000 CXRs ... capable of bone marrow ... lethal - MH/CCF
Stage I - Redistribution
In a normal chest film with the patient standing erect, the pulmonary vessels
during a period of CHF ... vascular pedicle (red arrows ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Cephalization
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
mottled extremities, narrow ... 81% for acute HF ... 5 pts w/ acute HF ... → no signs of CXR ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
Differentiation Syndrome in APML
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: common in APL (2-48% depending on the study)
 • Triggers:
ATRA treatment Pathophysiology ... 5 or elevated Cr ... common • Imaging: CXR ... initiation • Differential ... sepsis), PE, DAH, CHF