Congenital heart disease chest x ray
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor-In-Chief: Keri Shafer, M.D. [2], Atif Mohammad, M.D., Priyamvada Singh, MBBS
Chest X Ray
Chest X Ray
Radiographic findings in congenital heart diseases[1]
- Helps in differentiating between cardiac and pulmonary causes of cyanosis.
- Large ductus arteriousus – reticulogranular pattern + increased pulmonary markings + pulmonary edema
- Tetralogy of fallot, pulmonic stenosis, pulmonic atresia, tricuspid atresia, Ebstein’s anomaly – cyanosis + decreased pulmonary vascular markings
- Transposition of great arteries, truncus arteriosus, hypoplastic left heart syndrome – cyanosis + increased pulmonary vascular markings
References
References
- ↑ Braunwald Zipes Libby. Heart disease: A textbook of cardiovascular medicine,6th Edition chapter43:W.B.Saunders ;.pp1523
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