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Chest Imaging Flashcards

1
Q

Structures in right border of a plain film (PA view)

A

Superior vena cava
Right atrium
Inferior vena cava

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2
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Structures in left border of a plain film

A

Aortic knob
Main pulmonary trunk
Left ventricle

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3
Q

Which of the four heart chambers does not form a border on chest xray?

A

Right ventricle

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4
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Which is harder to see? Right atrial enlargement or right ventricular enlargement

A

Right ventricular enlargement (it does not form a PA view)

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5
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Most common chest xray view

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PA View

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6
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What xray view visualizes diseases at the top of the lung better than the standard back to front view?

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Apicolordotic view

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7
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Structures that are not seen in right and left border of PA view

A

Left atrium
Right ventricle
Ascending aorta

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8
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Most commonly replaced in patients with valvular heart disease

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Mitral valve

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9
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Structures that are seen in right lateral view of a plain film

A

Right ventricle

Tricuspid valve

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10
Q

Located posteriorlu which is anatomically continous with the bifurcation of the right and left main bronchus

A

Left atrium

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11
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Forms the left border of the heart, it also forms part of the lower and posterior half of the cardiac silhouette and superior to it is the left atrium

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Left ventricle

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12
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Underexposure may stimulate _?

A

Pulmonary congestion

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13
Q

Overexposure may stimulate _?

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Diminished pulmonary blood flow

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14
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Refers to the pattern of anatomic arrangement

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Situs

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15
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The cardiac apex points lefward, but the heart is located predominantly in the right chest (typically due to extrinsic forces)

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Dextroposition

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16
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Position of gastric air bubble and liver in situs solitus

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Gastric air bubble: left

Liver: right

17
Q

The morphologic right atrium is to the right of the morphologic left atrium

A

Situs solitus

18
Q

Position of gastric air bubble and liver in situs inversus

A

Gastric air bubble: right

Liver: left

19
Q

The morphologic right atrium is to the left of the morphologic left atrium

A

Situs inversus

20
Q

Used when the identification of visceroatrial situs is not possible due to paucity of anatomic markers

A

Situs ambigous

21
Q

Widest diameter of the heart compared to the widest internal diameter of the rib cage

A

Cardio-thoracic ratio

22
Q

CTS percentage of adults and children

A

Adults:<50%
Children: 60-70%

23
Q

Give extracardiac causes of cardiac enlargement

A 
Portable AP films
Obesity
Pregnant
Ascites
Straight back syndrome
Pectus excavatum
24
Q

Give the 7 countours of the heart in the frontal projection

A 
Ascending aorta
Aortic knob
Double density of LA enlargement
Identation of LA
Right atrium
Left ventricle

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