Postoperative Patients in the Intensive Care Unit
Key Points ▪ Chest radiography is a key diagnostic test in the coronary care unit (CCU) and intensive care (ICU) unit. ▪ Chest radiography is a standard admission test in…
Radiographic Findings by Diagnosis: Valvular Heart Disease
Key Points ▪ The single most important role of chest radiography in valvular disease is to establish or document the presence of heart failure. ▪ The different valvular lesions reveal…
Radiographic Findings by Diagnosis: Coronary Artery Disease–Complications of Infarction
Key Points ▪ Chest radiography in all subsets of patients with myocardial infarction increases the sensitivity and specificity of determination of left-sided heart failure. ▪ A false aneurysm of the…
Radiographic Findings by Diagnosis: Cardiomyopathies
Key Points ▪ Chest radiography in the context of cardiomyopathies is an important means by which to incrementally increase the sensitivity and specificity of determination of the presence of, particularly,…
