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'''Associate Editors-in-Chief:''' {{CZ}}; [[User:KeriShafer|Keri Shafer, M.D.]] [mailto:kshafer@bidmc.harvard.edu]; [[Varun Kumar]], M.B.B.S.; [[Lakshmi Gopalakrishnan]], M.B.B.S.
 
 
 
In patients with [[aortic insufficiency]], chest radiograph may show cardiomegaly, a prominent aortic root with valvular calcification, prothetic valve dislodgement or aortic dilation. If aortic insufficiency is severe, signs of [[pulmonary edema]] may also be present.
 
Below is a chest radiograph showing left ventricular enlargement secondary to chronic aortic insufficiency as a result of increased left ventricular systolic pressure and volume overload.
 
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[[Category:valvular heart disease]]
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