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| What do we look at in a chest radiograph for cardio? |
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Definition
-cardiac size and chambers
-pulmonary vessesls size
-pulmonary pattern
-great vessels and mediastinal structures
-extrathoracic structures |
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| When you see right heart enlargement on lateral rads what is it? |
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| RA enlargement is called what? |
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| What does left sided enlargement mean on lateral w/ tall sillhouette? |
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| What does left sided enlargment mean on lateral w/ loss of caudal waist (backpack sign)? |
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Definition
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Term
| What is the widening of left and right bronchus (bow legged cowboy)? |
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Definition
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| What position of the clock is LA enlargement? LV? |
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| How does RV affect the width of the heart? |
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Definition
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| What signs do we look for on rads to PDA? |
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Definition
| -can look for aorta bulge |
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Term
| What is the vertebral heart score (VHS)? |
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Definition
| -# vertebral bodies wiedth + length = VHS |
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| Which view do we use for cranial vessels? |
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Definition
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| Which view do we use for caudal vessels? |
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Definition
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| Where do we measure the cranial vessels? |
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Definition
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| Where do we measure caudal vessels? |
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Definition
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| What is our caution with diurectics and caudal pulm vessels? |
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Definition
| -can normalize pulmonary vv even w/ left sided CHF |
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Term
| What is an alveolar pattern in lungs? |
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Definition
| -looks blacked out but you can see the air-filled bronchus (air bronchograms) |
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Term
| What is an interstitial pattern in lungs? |
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Definition
| -hazy appearance but you an still see borders |
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Term
| What is a bronchial pattern? |
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Definition
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Term
| What does pleural effusion look like on rads? |
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Definition
-rounded lungs pulled in from walls
-soft tissue opacity |
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Term
| What are the "Big 3" of left sided CHF? |
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Definition
-LA enlargement
-pulmonary venous congestion
-pulmonary infiltrates consitent s/ CHF (perihilar region in dogs ONLY) |
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