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From: Pulmonary vein perforation into the respiratory tract with systemic air embolism: a rare complication of left atrial appendage closure

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Preoperative transoesophageal echocardiography and intraoperative and postoperative transthoracic echocardiography. A Normal ostium of the LSPV on preoperative transoesophageal echocardiography. B Bubbles in the left heart on intraoperative transthoracic echocardiography. C No bubbles in the left heart on postoperative transthoracic echocardiography. LSPV = left superior pulmonary vein; LA = left atrium; RA = right atrium; LAA = left atrial appendage; RV = right ventricle; LV = left ventricle; AO = aorta

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