chest radiology in heart failure
Last reviewed 01/2018
Is useful in finding supportive evidence of chronic heart failure and to exclude other causes of shortness of breath (1).
The characteristic findings in the chest radiograph in a patient with heart failure include:
- large heart
- upper lobe venous dilatation
- pleural effusion
- fluid in the fissures
- peribronchial cuffing
- interstitial and alveolar shadowing
Reference:
radiological appearance of pulmonary venous hypertension
diagram of chest X-ray (CXR) findings in left ventricular failure