title: Plain chest radiography of congenital heart disease in adults.
abstract: The plain chest radiograph can be an invaluable aid in the diagnosis of congenital heart disease in adults. Evaluation of the chest radiograph is made simpler and more accurate by the use of a systematic approach based on physiology. In many instances, a definitive diagnosis can be made; in others, only a differential diagnosis can be arrived at. The majority of adults with congenital heart disease will have some telltale abnormality on the chest radiograph that will occasionally furnish the first clue to the presence of a congenital anomaly.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001017:Aortic Coarctation / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004374:Ductus Arteriosus, Patent / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004541:Eisenmenger Complex / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004694:Endocardial Cushion Defects / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008945:Mitral Valve Prolapse / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010496:Pericardium / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011666:Pulmonary Valve Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography; D014188:Transposition of Great Vessels / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging