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.
 
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.