Academic radiology
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This study was designed to evaluate the performance of radiology residents in interpreting emergency department (ED) chest radiographs for congestive heart failure and to characterize the factors associated with a subsequent amended interpretation by an attending radiologist. ⋯ Interpretation of chest radiographs for congestive heart failure by radiology residents has a low error rate. The majority of chest radiographs with discrepant resident and attending interpretations were portable films of female patients with subtle radiographic findings of congestive heart failure, and were inherently difficult to interpret.