16. Pulmonary Edema

Pulmonary edema secondary to left ventricular failure is one of the more common problems encountered in clinical medicine. The term congestive heart failure (CHF) is often applied both clinically and radiographically. Technically, CHF is a clinical diagnosis with a constellation of findings some of which are radiographic. Nevertheless, the terms cardiogenic pulmonary edema, left ventricular failure and CHF are often used synonymously in informal discussion.