Chest X-Ray of a Patient with Cardiomegaly and Cephalization
This patient has cardiomegaly (width of cardiac silhouette is > 50% of thoracic cage on a posterior-anterior chest x-ray). The patient also has cephalization (black arrows) whereby upper lobe pulmonary vessels become more prominent. These findings are often seen in patients with heart failure.
© 2017 Elliot K. Fishman, MD.
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