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==Chest X Ray== | ==Chest X Ray== | ||
Chest [[X-rays|X-ray]] of patients with [[Eisenmenger's syndrome]] may show the following: | Chest [[X-rays|X-ray]] of patients with [[Eisenmenger's syndrome]] may show the following<ref name="pmid16267251">{{cite journal| author=Sheehan R, Perloff JK, Fishbein MC, Gjertson D, Aberle DR| title=Pulmonary neovascularity: a distinctive radiographic finding in Eisenmenger syndrome. | journal=Circulation | year= 2005 | volume= 112 | issue= 18 | pages= 2778-85 | pmid=16267251 | doi=10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.104.509869 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=16267251 }}</ref><ref name="pmid22043211">{{cite journal| author=Kaemmerer H, Mebus S, Schulze-Neick I, Eicken A, Trindade PT, Hager A et al.| title=The adult patient with eisenmenger syndrome: a medical update after dana point part I: epidemiology, clinical aspects and diagnostic options. | journal=Curr Cardiol Rev | year= 2010 | volume= 6 | issue= 4 | pages= 343-55 | pmid=22043211 | doi=10.2174/157340310793566154 | pmc=3083816 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=22043211 }}</ref>: | ||
*[[Cardiomegaly]] | *[[Cardiomegaly]] | ||
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* In severe disease, a normal-sized heart with diminished [[pulmonary vasculature]] may be seen. | * In severe disease, a normal-sized heart with diminished [[pulmonary vasculature]] may be seen. | ||
[[File:Eisenmenger-syndrome-1.jpg|center|thumb|Chest x-ray show dilation of central pulmonary arteries and pruning of peripheral pulmonary arteries, right ventricular and atrial enlargement. Case courtesy of Dr J Yeung , Radiopaedia.org, rID: 13540]] | [[File:Eisenmenger-syndrome-1.jpg|center|thumb|Chest x-ray show dilation of central pulmonary arteries and pruning of peripheral pulmonary arteries, right ventricular and atrial enlargement. Case courtesy of Dr J Yeung , Radiopaedia.org, rID: 13540 <ref>https://radiopaedia.org/cases/13540">rID: 13540/</ref>]] | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1];Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Abdelrahman Ibrahim Abushouk, MD[2]
Overview
Chest X-ray of patients with Eisenmenger's syndrome may show cardiomegaly, right ventricular or biventricular enlargement, right atrial or biatrial enlargement, and pulmonary vascular plethora.
Chest X Ray
Chest X-ray of patients with Eisenmenger's syndrome may show the following[1][2]:
- Cardiomegaly
- Right ventricular or biventricular enlargement
- Right atrial or biatrial enlargement
- Pulmonary vascular plethora
- In severe disease, a normal-sized heart with diminished pulmonary vasculature may be seen.
References
- ↑ Sheehan R, Perloff JK, Fishbein MC, Gjertson D, Aberle DR (2005). "Pulmonary neovascularity: a distinctive radiographic finding in Eisenmenger syndrome". Circulation. 112 (18): 2778–85. doi:10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.104.509869. PMID 16267251.
- ↑ Kaemmerer H, Mebus S, Schulze-Neick I, Eicken A, Trindade PT, Hager A; et al. (2010). "The adult patient with eisenmenger syndrome: a medical update after dana point part I: epidemiology, clinical aspects and diagnostic options". Curr Cardiol Rev. 6 (4): 343–55. doi:10.2174/157340310793566154. PMC 3083816. PMID 22043211.
- ↑ https://radiopaedia.org/cases/13540">rID: 13540/