{"id":5089,"date":"2010-08-26T04:16:53","date_gmt":"2010-08-26T04:16:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cardiophile.org\/?p=5089"},"modified":"2023-10-25T05:36:20","modified_gmt":"2023-10-25T00:06:20","slug":"cardiomegaly-on-cxr-in-dilated-cardiomyopathy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/professional\/cardiomegaly-on-cxr-in-dilated-cardiomyopathy\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardiomegaly on CXR in Dilated Cardiomyopathy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oZvioh4dF8I?si=D_L6mAgsqVO8pMc9\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Cardiomegaly on CXR in dilated cardiomyopathy<\/span><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_25851\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25851\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-25851 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/professional\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/cardiomegaly.jpeg\" alt=\"Cardiomegaly on CXR in dilated cardiomyopathy\" width=\"500\" height=\"478\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-25851\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cardiomegaly on CXR in dilated cardiomyopathy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Cardiothoracic ratio is increased and there is a bulge along the left border, suggesting aneurysmal dilatation of the left ventricle. This pattern could be due to ischemic variety of dilated cardiomyopathy, sometimes called ischemic cardiomyopathy or ischemic dilated cardiomyopathy. The right border is also shifted to the right, indicating right atrial enlargement. Superior venacaval shadow is seen upwards from the right atrial contour, indicating congested superior vena cava. The cardiac shadow has also a superficial semblance to the egg on side appearance, though this is not a case of transposition of great arteries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cardiomegaly on CXR in dilated cardiomyopathy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25851,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cardiology-x-ray"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Cardiomegaly on CXR in dilated cardiomyopathy<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Cardiomegaly on CXR in dilated cardiomyopathy\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, 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