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The PA-film shows a silhouette sign of the left heart border.
Even without looking at the lateral
looking at the lateral ... to a pneumonia caused ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Pneumonia ... SilhouetteSign #RadiologyAssistant
On a chest film only the outer contours of the heart are seen.
In many cases we
Left Atrium - Most ... atrium. - Left ... Enlargement will cause ... #Anatomy #Radiology ... #CXR #Atrium #Ventricle
Cardiac incisura
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On the right side of the chest the lung will lie against
On the left however ... This causes a density ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral # ... Cardiac #Incisura #RadiologyAssistant
Left Atrial Appendage Myxoma

All that glitters is not gold. All mass in LAA is not clot.
Left Atrial Appendage ... extremely rare case ... #Myxoma #LAA #clinical ... echocardiogram #pocus ... #cardiology
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Left Atrium enlargement
This is a patient with longstanding mitral valve disease and mitral valve replacement.
Extreme dilatation
Left Atrium enlargement ... atrium has resulted ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #MVR #LAE ... LeftAtrialEnlargement #RadiologyAssistant
There is an atelectasis of the left upper lobe.
You would not expect the apical region to
atelectasis of the left ... in fact this is caused ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral # ... LuftsichelSign #RadiologyAssistant
The location of the cardiac valves is best determined on the lateral radiograph.
A line is drawn
enlargement of the left ... atrium. ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CXR ... #Mitral #MVR #RadiologyAssistant
The findings are:
 - Large density on the left with loss of cardiac silhouette.
 - High
density on the left ... High position left ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral # ... LuftsichelSign #RadiologyAssistant
Pleural effusion is bilateral in 70% of cases of CHF.
When unilateral, it is slightly more often
in 70% of cases ... side than on the left ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Pleural ... PleuralEffusion #RadiologyAssistant
First study the CXR.
We know that in some cases there is an extra joint in the
First study the CXR ... seen behind the left ... also seen on the lateral ... #Clinical #Radiology ... Apical #FirstRib #RadiologyAssistant