A 90-year-old woman presented to the emergency department of University Hospital of North Staffordshire with a one-day history of breathlessness and chest discomfort.She had no history of significant respiratory or cardiovascular disease.Clinical examination revealed elevated jugular venous pressure, minimal pedal edema, a systolic cardiac murmur, and bibasal lung crackles.An electrocardiograph demonstrated left bundle branch block and left axis deviation.A chest radiograph revealed the abnormality shown by the arrow in Figure 1 which disappeared after two days of inhospital treatment [Figure 2].Question 1.What is the clinical diagnosis?
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