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Left ventricular enlargement

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Features include:

  • elongation of the left ventricular contour
  • cardiac apex is displaced downwards
  • on the lateral view the infero-posterior aspect of the heart becomes lower and more posterior
  • if there is left ventricular hypertrophy then the left ventricle is not commonly enlarged. Instead, there may be a more rounded left ventricle border seen on a PA film

Reference

  1. Kelly B. The chest radiograph. Ulster Med J. 2012 Sep;81(3):143–148.

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