Medical Imaging      Approach to Chest X-Rays
 

Right Ventricle Enlargement

  
Evaluate for Right Ventricle Enlargement

Evidence of an enlarged right ventricle can be as follows:
1. Elevation of cardiac apex from the diaphragm
2. Anterior enlargement on lateral view leading to loss of retrosternal airspace or contact of RV with the sternum

  
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