CHEST RADIOGRAPHY - Imperial College London

The typical features of pulmonary hypertension (PH) in the chest radiograph include pulmonary arterial and hilar dilatation, pruning of peripheral pulmonary arteries with areas of oligaemia in the lung fields (i.e. increased radiolucency).[3] There is often cardiomegaly relating to right ventricle (RV) and right atrium dilatation (Figure 1a). A lateral chest radiograph can demonstrate RV ... ................
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