An 81-year-old man with an abnormal right-sided heart shadow on chest radiograph

Chest. 2015 Feb;147(2):e52-e55. doi: 10.1378/chest.14-1393.

Abstract

An 81-year-old man presented with a 1-week history of dry cough. He also complained of mild dyspnea, wheezing, and low-grade fever. He denied hemoptysis, fever, rashes, or chest pain. The patient's medical history included coronary artery bypass surgery, hypertension, gastroesophageal reflux disease, and COPD. The patient was a retired welder and an ex-smoker.

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  • Case Reports
  • Video-Audio Media

MeSH terms

  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Asymptomatic Diseases
  • Comorbidity
  • Coronary Aneurysm / diagnostic imaging*
  • Coronary Angiography
  • Gastroesophageal Reflux / epidemiology
  • Heart Atria / diagnostic imaging
  • Heart Ventricles / diagnostic imaging
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / epidemiology
  • Ultrasonography