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Previous normal chest x-ray (left) and CHF stage II with perihilar haze (right). On the left
x-ray (left) and CHF ... The lateral view ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral # ... CHF #Vascular #Engorgement
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
Fraction (HFrEF) Clinical ... gallop rhythm), and laterally ... → no signs of CXR ... diagnosis #management #cardiology ... #pharmacology #sCHF
Right middle lobe atelectasis
First study the x-rays and then continue reading.
What are the findings?
Blurring of the
Right middle lobe atelectasis ... border (silhouette sign ... density on the lateral ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral #
Pleural effusion is bilateral in 70% of cases of CHF.
When unilateral, it is slightly more often
70% of cases of CHF ... On a lateral image ... evident on the lateral ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Pleural
On the left another patient with congestive heart failure.
The lateral view nicely demonstrates the increased diameter
The lateral view ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Peribronchial
Pleural effusion is not always visible as a meniscus in the costophrenic angle. 
A subpulmonic effusion
a patient with signs ... of CHF. ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Pleural
The findings are:
 - Large density on the left with loss of cardiac silhouette.
 - High
indicate a total atelectasis ... probably partial atelectasis ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral # ... Collapse #Luftsichel #Sign
There is an atelectasis of the left upper lobe.
You would not expect the apical region to
There is an atelectasis ... the luft sichel sign ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral # ... Collapse #Luftsichel #Sign
On the left a patient with CHF. 
There is an increase in heart size compared to
a patient with CHF ... Other signs of CHF ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Exacerbation
Pectus excavatum
In patients with a pectus excavatum the right heart border can be ill-defined, but this
produces a silhouette sign ... consolidation or atelectasis ... The lateral view ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Pectus #Excavatum