Radiographic-echocardiographic approach to acquired heart disease: diagnosis and assessment of severity.
The plain chest radiograph and the M-mode echocardiogram provide the radiologist with means of diagnosing and assessing the severity of most forms of acquired heart disease. The salient diagnostic features of the important acquired heart diseases are summarized in Table 3.
D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency / Q000175:diagnosis; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000175:diagnosis; D006332:Cardiomegaly / Q000175:diagnosis; D002312:Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / Q000175:diagnosis; D004452:Echocardiography; D006321:Heart / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000175:diagnosis; D008946:Mitral Valve Stenosis / Q000175:diagnosis; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis; D010494:Pericarditis, Constrictive / Q000175:diagnosis; D011859:Radiography