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Stage II - Interstitial edema
Stage II of CHF is characterized by fluid leakage into the interlobular
edema Stage II of CHF ... Kerley-B lines are ... perpendicular to the pleura ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #KerleyB
CT will also demonstrate signs of congestive heart failure.
On the image on the left notice the
Bilateral pleural ... be high in the differential ... presentation of alveolar ... #CTChest #CHF # ... KerleyB #Kerley
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
peribronchial cuffing, Kerley ... B lines, alveolar ... edema, bilateral pleural ... → no signs of CXR ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Chest Pain:
 • Myocardium:
	- Myocarditis
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
	- Myopericarditis
Chest Pain - Differential ... Pleuritis • Alveoli ... : - CHF - Pneumonia ... • Pleura: - ... Diagnosis #Causes #Cardiology
Diffuse consolidation
The most common cause of diffuse consolidation is pulmonary edema due to heart failure.
This is
cardiogenic edema, to differentiate ... pulmonary blood flow, Kerley ... B-lines and pleural ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR
Stage III - Alveolar edema
This stage is characterized by continued fluid leakage into the interstitium, which
leakage into the pleural ... space (pleural ... yellow arrows); pleural ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Alveolar
Congestive heart failure (CHF) is the result of insufficient output because of cardiac failure, high resistance
heart failure (CHF ... interstitium and the pleural ... finally into the alveoli ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #CHF #CXR #Features