{"id":9898,"date":"2009-08-28T18:32:20","date_gmt":"2009-08-28T18:32:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cardiophile.org\/?p=2758"},"modified":"2023-12-17T10:46:47","modified_gmt":"2023-12-17T05:16:47","slug":"mitral-stenosis-straightening-of-left-border","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/professional\/mitral-stenosis-straightening-of-left-border\/","title":{"rendered":"Mitral stenosis \u2013 straightening of left border &#8211; X-ray chest PA view"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gEM4J-Nba6I?si=nKzjPgswO0KwZ5P5\" 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;\">Mitral stenosis \u2013 straightening of left border &#8211; X-ray chest PA view<\/span><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_37549\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37549\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37549\" src=\"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/professional\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/Mitral-stenosis-\u2013-straightening-of-left-border-X-ray-chest-PA-view.png\" alt=\"Mitral stenosis \u2013 straightening of left border - X-ray chest PA view\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1259\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37549\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mitral stenosis \u2013 straightening of left border &#8211; X-ray chest PA view<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Mitral stenosis &#8211; straightening of left border on X-ray chest PA view. The uppermost portion on the left cardiac border is the aortic knuckle. The next slight bulging is the main pulmonary artery and the left atrial appendage is seen below that. The prominent left atrial appendage is also called the third mogul sign, the first mogul being aortic knuckle and main pulmonary artery the second mogul. The latter two regions are usually concave and the obliteration of the concavity contributes to the &#8220;straightening of left border&#8221;.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_37551\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37551\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37551\" src=\"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/professional\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/Mitral-stenosis-\u2013-straightening-of-left-border-X-ray-chest-PA-view-annotated.png\" alt=\"Mitral stenosis \u2013 straightening of left border - X-ray chest PA view - annotated\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1260\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37551\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mitral stenosis \u2013 straightening of left border &#8211; X-ray chest PA view &#8211; annotated<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Straightening of left heart border seen on X-ray chest PA view in mitral stenosis, due to enlargement of main pulmonary artery and left atrial appendage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":37551,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[3721,3886],"class_list":["post-9898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cardiology-x-ray","tag-straightening-of-left-border","tag-third-mogul-sign"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Mitral stenosis \u2013 straightening of left border<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Straightening of left heart border seen on X-ray chest PA view in mitral stenosis, due to enlargement of main pulmonary artery and left atrial appendage.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/professional\/mitral-stenosis-straightening-of-left-border\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mitral stenosis \u2013 straightening of left border\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Straightening of left heart border seen on X-ray chest PA view in mitral stenosis, due to enlargement of main pulmonary artery and left atrial appendage.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/professional\/mitral-stenosis-straightening-of-left-border\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2009-08-28T18:32:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-12-17T05:16:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Johnson Francis\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Johnson Francis\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/johnsonfrancis.org\\\/professional\\\/mitral-stenosis-straightening-of-left-border\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/johnsonfrancis.org\\\/professional\\\/mitral-stenosis-straightening-of-left-border\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Johnson Francis\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/johnsonfrancis.org\\\/professional\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/5441d907049b914770f4bd98fb57feec\"},\"headline\":\"Mitral stenosis \u2013 straightening of left border &#8211; 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