FINAL REPORT
 EXAMINATION: CHEST (AP AND LAT)
 
 INDICATION: History: ___F with likely CHF exacerbation
 
 TECHNIQUE: Semi-upright AP and lateral views of the chest
 
 COMPARISON: Chest radiograph ___
 
 IMPRESSION: 
 
 Mild congestive heart failure with mild pulmonary edema and small bilateral pleural effusions. More focal right basilar opacity could reflect atelectasis but infection or aspiration is not excluded in the correct clinical setting.
 
 FINDINGS: 
 
 There is no pneumothorax. Mild to moderate degenerative changes are noted in the thoracic spine. The aorta and demonstrates atherosclerotic calcifications diffusely. Patchy opacities in the lung bases, more so on the right may reflect areas of atelectasis but infection is not excluded. Heart size appears moderately enlarged, similar to the prior study. There is mild pulmonary edema, worse in the interval with small bilateral pleural effusions, slightly increased on the right.
