[Radiological examination of the thoracic organs for persistent foetal circulation (author's transl)].
The radiological changes seen on chest x-rays of five children with persistent foetal circulation are analysed. There is inconstant cardiac enlargement and a reticulo-nodular appearance of the lungs, indicating interstitial oedema with heart failure. The value of the chest x-ray consists mainly in excluding a pulmonary or a characteristic cardiac abnormality as a cause of dyspnoea; it does not provide direct diagnostic information.
D000790:Angiocardiography; D006332:Cardiomegaly / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D010547:Persistent Fetal Circulation Syndrome / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011654:Pulmonary Edema / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging
Röntgenuntersuchung der Thoraxorgane bei persistierender fetaler Zirkulation.