Rheumatic Heart Disease

Radiographic features- Plain Radiograph

Pericardial calcification
Pulmonary edema
Pulmonary ossification: due to mitral valve disease
Cardiomegaly
global cardiomegaly from a dilated cardiomyopathy
left atrial enlargement (particularly appendage) from
mitral valve disease
Valvular calcification
Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage can result from severe
mitral stenosis
 Radiographic features- CT

Valvular or pericardial calcification

Dilated ventricles and atria
 Radiographic features-MRI

Dilated cardiac chambers

Pericardial inflammation
Pericardial effusion
Myocardial inflammation