Mild  CHF Cephalisation

 

Moderate CHF Interstitial Edema

Moderate CHF
Frontal Chest X-ray in a 69-year-old-male with moderate congestive heart failure (CHF) characterized by a large left atrium, and cephalization with “fuzziness” of the vessels indicating interstitial edema. There is global cardiomegaly and a biventricular pacemaker with a defibrillator on the right ventricular lead.
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Thickened Interlobular Septa and Kerley B Lines

CT Acute Moderate CHF with Interstitial Edema and Thickened Interlobular Septa
50-year-old female with diabetes, chronic renal failure and congestive heart failure. CT in the coronal plane through the posterior aspect of the chest, shows diffuse ground glass changes, thickening of the interlobular septa, thickening of the fissure and centrilobular nodules reflecting arteriolar congestion.
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CT Acute Moderate CHF with Interstitial Edema
50-year-old female with diabetes, chronic renal failure and congestive heart failure. CT in the axial plane through the right posterior recess, shows thickened interlobular septa at the right base, congested arterioles, alongside the bronchioles, peribronchial cuffing, a congested pulmonary venule in the interlobular septum, ground glass changes and a secondary lobule demonstrating mosaic attenuation. The IVC is dilated and a small complex effusion is present.
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Moderate CHF with Interstitial Edema and
Background Centrilobular Emphysema

Moderate CHF with Interstitial Edema CXR Frontal View
68 year old male with a history of emphysema presents with increasing dyspnea,  Frontal Chest X-ray shows an enlarged left atrium and diffuse interstitial thickening most prominent in the upper lobes.
There is global cardiomegaly, an enlarged main pulmonary artery indicating pulmonary hypertension and a single lead pacemaker.
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Moderate CHF with Interstitial Edema CT
68 year old male with a history of emphysema presents with increasing dyspnea.  CT  in the coronal plane y shows predominant upper lobe centrilobular emphysema with diffuse thickening of the interlobular septa (b white circle) with evidence of Kerley B lines (c red arrowheads)  best exemplified in the left upper lung field, and thickening of the minor fissure (b, pink arrowhead).  The left atrium (LA) is enlarged. These findings are consistent with moderate CHF with interstitial edema
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Centrilobular Emphysema

Moderate CHF with Interstitial Edema and Centrilobular Emphysema CT
68 year old male with a history of emphysema presents with increasing dyspnea.  CT  in the axial plane  shows predominant upper lobe centrilobular emphysema with diffuse thickening of the interlobular septa  .  
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Ground Glass
Mosaic Attenuation

CT Acute Moderate CHF with Interstitial Edema and Mosaic Attenuation
50-year-old female with diabetes, chronic renal failure with congestive heart failure. CT in the coronal plane shows diffuse ground glass changes, Kerley B lines, edema in the fissure, peribronchial cuffing, enlargement of the pulmonary artery, and mosaic attenuation
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CT Acute Moderate CHF with Interstitial Edema and Mosaic Attenuation
50 year old female with diabetes, chronic renal failure with congestive heart failure. CT in the coronal plane shows diffuse ground glass changes, Kerley B lines, edema in the fissure, and mosaic attenuation
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Kerley B lines
Thickened Interlobular Septa
81F hx atrial fibrillation cardiac failure heart failure CHF RA enlarged LA enlarged ground glass mosaic perfusion Kerley B lines
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Engorged Arteries

CT Acute Moderate CHF with Interstitial Edema and Mosaic Attenuation
50-year-old female with diabetes, chronic renal failure with congestive heart failure. CT in the coronal plane shows diffuse ground glass changes, Kerley B lines, edema in the fissure, peribronchial cuffing, enlargement of the pulmonary artery, and mosaic attenuation
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CT Acute Moderate CHF with Interstitial Edema
50-year-old female with diabetes, chronic renal failure and congestive heart failure. CT in the axial plane through the right posterior recess, shows thickened interlobular septa at the right base, congested arterioles (light blue arrowheads, b), alongside the bronchioles, peribronchial cuffing (white arrowheads, b), a congested pulmonary venule in the interlobular septum (red arrowhead arrowheads, b), ground glass changes and a secondary lobule demonstrating mosaic attenuation (black arrowhead arrowheads, b). The IVC is dilated and a small complex effusion is present.
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Engorged Veins

Severe CHF

Batwing Pattern 

CXR Frontal Batwing Pattern
50 year-old male presents with severe dyspnea and orthopnea.  CXR in the frontal projection shows perihilar congestion with batwing distribution, left atrial enlargement and left ventricular configuration of the heart.  These findings are consistent with severe heart failure with a projected LVEDP of greater than 30mmHg
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Perihilar Ground Glass Changes and Kerley B Lines
Early Severe CHF

CT  Batwing Pattern Severe CHF
50 year-old male presents with severe dyspnea and orthopnea.  CT in the coronal plain shows early severe CHF, with perihilar ground glass changes (magnified in c) and Kerley B lines (b, black arrowheads)  These findings are consistent with early severe heart failure with a projected LVEDP of greater than 30mmHg
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Bilateral Effusions Right Greater than left

CT  Perihilar Edema  Bilateral Effusions Early Severe CHF
50 year-old male presents with severe dyspnea and orthopnea.  CT in the axial plane shows early severe CHF, with perihilar ground glass changes and small bilateral pleural effusions – right greater than left.  These findings are consistent with early severe heart failure with a projected LVEDP of greater than 30mmHg
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CRAZY PAVING
57-year-old female with progressive dyspnea.
CXR shows bilateral, diffuse alveolar opacities having a perihilar and basal distribution with sparing of the apices
CT shows diffuse ground glass change with crazy paving morphology characterized by bilateral diffuse ground-glass opacities (GGO) with interlobular and intralobular septal thickening. There is a geographical distribution .
Differential diagnosis
ARDS PCP pneumonia CHF Alveolar Hemorrhage UIP Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis XRT pneumonitis COP Chronic Eosinophilic Lymphangitis Veno-Occlusive Disease
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CHF – Alveolar Edema
CT scan shows Diffuse ground glass pattern with thickening of the interlobular septa and manifesting as crazy paving pattern
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Bronchi

CT Acute CHF Peribronchial Cuffing
50 year old female with diabetes, chronic renal failure with congestive heart failure. CT in the coronal plane shows diffuse ground glass changes, with prominent peribronchial cuffing in the right upper lobe and and magnified in the lower image in the right lower lobe Prominent Kerley B lines are noted  medially – a few laterally and there is with thickening of the  right transverse fissure
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CT Acute Moderate CHF with Interstitial Edema
50-year-old female with diabetes, chronic renal failure and congestive heart failure. CT in the axial plane through the right posterior recess, shows thickened interlobular septa at the right base, congested arterioles (light blue arrowheads, b), alongside the bronchioles, peribronchial cuffing (white arrowheads, b), a congested pulmonary venule in the interlobular septum (red arrowhead arrowheads, b), ground glass changes and a secondary lobule demonstrating mosaic attenuation (black arrowhead arrowheads, b). The IVC is dilated and a small complex effusion is present.
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Unilateral Pulmonary Edema Scimitar PAPVR and CHF

Scimitar Sign and Unilateral Pulmonary Edema CXR
66 year old female presents with dyspnea
Frontal CXR shows unilateral right sided pulmonary edema with cephalization of the left upper lung vessels, with evidence of left atrial enlargement, and enlaged main paulmonary artery suggesting pulmonary hypertension secondary to longstanding left to right shunt. In addition there is a curvilinear structure along the right heart border that is shaped like a sword or a scimitar and the right lung appears smaller than the left. These findings are consistent with scimitar sign and scimitar syndrome
The large shunt results in in increased flow to the right lung and therefore accounts for the unilateral edema
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