Chest X-ray

[mummyanxious]

Can someone tell me what they can look for with your heart with a standard chest X-ray?

[joelhall]

Enlargement, fluids, blood vessel abnormalities, signs of infection, of course there's the lungs and pleuae too, the oesophagus... Quite a lot but really just any signs of abnormalities in the organs and tissues.

[mummyanxious]

I'm having a chest X-ray for my back and spine. Would they still be able to see these thingS? And spot them if they weren't looking for them?

[joelhall]

Unlikely as the intensity and exposure will be adjusted to enable the imaging of the bones to show better.