Female, 72 years old.Concern for aspiration. There are low lung volumes and motion artifact limiting assessment of the lungs. Left basilar discoid atelectasis. No new abnormal focal parenchymal opacities to suggest aspiration pneumonitis, as clinically questioned.Limited assessment for pleural effusions. No pneumothorax.] Enlargement of the cardiac silhouette. Status post median sternotomy and CABG.
Assessment is limited by motion artifact and hypoventilatory projection. Within these limitations, no findings to suggest aspiration pneumonitis or aspiration pneumonia.