Imaging Modalities: Advantages and Disadvantages

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Fig. 1.1 Bedside color echocardiogram showing massive mitral regurgitation (blue arrow) Transthoracic echocardiography does have limitations. Ultrasound is user-dependent, so it is the least reproducible cross-sectional modality for imaging the…

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Noncompaction Cardiomyopathy

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Fig. 27.1 Single frontal view of the chest in a 7-year-old patient with noncompaction cardiomyopathy shows cardiomegaly and interstitial perihilar edema. Notice the interstitial lines in the periphery (arrows) from…

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Restrictive Cardiomyopathy

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Fig. 28.1 Coronal image from a contrast-enhanced chest CT scan shows calcified lymph nodes along the mediastinum (A) with chronic bilateral lung disease in a patient with known sarcoidosis. Note…

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Dilated Cardiomyopathy

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Fig. 25.1 Single frontal radiograph (left) from an 11-week-old with dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) shows massive cardiomegaly with perihilar pulmonary edema. Axial CT (right) shows massive dilatation of the left ventricle…

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Cardiac Teratoma

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Fig. 20.1 Single frontal view of the chest showing a mass along the left heart border and marked irregularity along the left mediastinum in a teenage patient with a mediastinal…

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Constrictive Pericarditis

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Fig. 10.1 Anteroposterior (a) and lateral (b) chest roentgenogram showing calcification of the pericardium (arrows) in a patient with constrictive pericarditis 10.2.2 ECG Findings Rarely, low QRS voltage or evidence…

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Marfan Syndrome

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Fig. 4.1 Single frontal view of the chest in a 15-year-old male shows orthopedic bars in place along the anterior chest from pectus excavatum repair in a patient with Marfan…

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Cardiac Fibroma

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Fig. 18.1 (a) Single frontal view of the chest shows cardiomegaly . (b) Axial image from a contrast-enhanced CT scan of the chest shows a large, low-density mass filling the…

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Fibroelastosis

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Fig. 29.1 Frontal chest radiograph (left) in a previously healthy infant shows pulmonary edema with a moderate right pleural effusion and mild cardiomegaly. Post mortem cardiac dissection of the left…

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Diabetic Cardiomyopathy

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Fig. 24.1 Single frontal radiograph (left) shows cardiomegaly, pulmonary edema, and small effusions in the left costophrenic angle (1) and right minor fissure (2). A four-chamber image from an ultrasound…

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