A 35-year-old hypertension patient has the following CXR in annual medical checkup. What does it show?: (A) Left ventricular hypertrophy, (B) Pulmonary artery hypertension, (C) Coarctation of aorta, (D) Cor pulmonale
Answer is C. Ans. C. Coarctation of aortaNotice the following radiographic features:a. Normal vascularityb. Cardiomegalyc. Left ventricular prominenced. "3" sign; formed by pre-stenotic dilatation of aortic arch, indentation at the site of coarctation and post stenotic dilatation of descending Aorta.