PLAIN RADIOGRAPHIC DIAGNOSIS OF CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE

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2b-2. Ventricular septal defect, large left to right shunt. (Condition description.)

A. PA chest radiograph demonstrates moderate cardiomegaly with the left ventricular apex extending to the left chest wall. The pulmonary vascular markings are bilaterally symmetrically increased and the pulmonary outflow tract is convex. The patient has had a sternotomy.