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[[Cardiac tamponade]] can be diagnosed radiographically if the fluid has accumulated slowly over time and if the patient is stable enough to have had a chest x-ray obtained. The chest x-ray will show an enlarged globular heart. <ref>Longmore, M., Wilkinson, I.B., Rajagopalan, S. (2004) (6th Ed.). Oxford Handbook of Clinical Medicine. Oxford: Oxford University Press ISBN 9780198568377 </ref> | [[Cardiac tamponade]] can be diagnosed radiographically if the fluid has accumulated slowly over time and if the patient is stable enough to have had a chest x-ray obtained. The chest x-ray will show an enlarged globular heart. <ref>Longmore, M., Wilkinson, I.B., Rajagopalan, S. (2004) (6th Ed.). Oxford Handbook of Clinical Medicine. Oxford: Oxford University Press ISBN 9780198568377 </ref> |
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Overview
Chest X Ray
Cardiac tamponade can be diagnosed radiographically if the fluid has accumulated slowly over time and if the patient is stable enough to have had a chest x-ray obtained. The chest x-ray will show an enlarged globular heart. [1]
References
- ↑ Longmore, M., Wilkinson, I.B., Rajagopalan, S. (2004) (6th Ed.). Oxford Handbook of Clinical Medicine. Oxford: Oxford University Press ISBN 9780198568377