| Effect of
AP versus PA film on heart size |
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an AP chest film (the usual portable chest radiograph in which the x- |
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beam enters anteriorly and exits posteriorly), there is more |
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| magnification.
Look at the size of the heart in the two films on the same |
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| patient
side by side. |
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