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Learning Objectives
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Learning Objectives
- Practice using a systematic approach to evaluating a thoracic study, paying special attention to the cardiac silhouette within the middle mediastinum.
- Identify the following anatomic structures in the images from this case: left atrium, left ventricle, right atrium, right ventricle, aorta, cranial lobar vessels, caudal lobar vessels, main pulmonary artery.
- Understand the opacity of the blood within the heart and the opacity of the heart.
- Understand why many structures within the mediastinum are difficult to visualize.
- Understand the basics associated with why the heart’s shape changed in this case.
- Understand where you might hear a murmur in this case and what type of murmur you would expect to hear.