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What is the chest x-ray finding in a L-R shunt? Differentiate pulmonary arterial from pulmonary venous congestion. Question No.4. X-ray finding in Left to Right Shunt.
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What is the chest x-ray finding in a L-R shunt? Differentiate pulmonary arterial from pulmonary venous congestion. Question No.4
X-ray finding in Left to Right Shunt • ↑ pulmonary vasculature- increase in the caliber and prominence of both upper and lower lobe blood vessels centrally, in midlung and in the periphery. • Engorged hilar arteries • Right descending pulmonary artery > 1.1cm • Specific cardiac chamber enlargement