32. FIGURE 44-3 Cardiomyopathy with mild pulmonary edema. Anterior-posterior projection chest radiograph of a woman with an abnormally enlarged heart ( black arrows) and mild perihilar opacification consistent with dilated cardiomyopathy.
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