What is the difference between left ventricular pressure curve and right ventricular pressure curve ?

The pressure tracing between two chambers of the heart are distinctly different .
 Apart from the magnitude of the  pressure ,(LV at systemic pressure ) The morphology also changes.

 RV pressure curve is triangular in shape,
 Upstroke is not rapid , (Low dp/dt)
 There is no sustained peak ,
 There is an early fall and
 The pressure falls to zero which  [...]

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How do you identify left atrial enlargement in X ray Chest ?

                                       Left atrium is the posterior most chamber of the heart.  It is almost a mid line structure.  The normal size of left atrium is about 4 / 4 cm. Normal left atrial volume is 46ml in men and 38 ml in women .(Atrial volume in a normal adult population by two-dimensional echocardiography Y Wang, Chest, [...]

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