 | NYHA IV > Healthy | |
|  | | | Healthy: heart size in normal range, (transverse diameter 11 / 29 cm), Central hilar region well-defined. Normal pattern of pulmonary vessels, no effusions. Heart silhouette normal. | |
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|  |  | NYHA IV > Pathological | |
|  | | | Pathological: Heart size above normal (transverse diameter 17.5 / 33 cm), lateral deflection of descending aorta, marked pulmonary congestion with increased apical pulmonary vascular pattern extending into the periphery. Peribronchial fluid exudation with ring formation of orthogonally involved bronchioles. Pre-pulmonary edema. | |
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