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Fig. 2 | BMC Pulmonary Medicine

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

Fig. 2

Absence of LSPV branches on postoperative chest CTA. A Filling defect in LSPV branches on CTA (red arrow). B Absence of LSPV on three-dimensionally reconstructed chest CTA (anterior view of left atrium). C Remaining main trunk of LSPV on three-dimensionally reconstructed chest CTA (posterior view of left atrium). CTA = computed tomography angiography; RSPV = right superior pulmonary vein; RIPV = right inferior pulmonary vein; LSPV = left superior pulmonary vein; LIPV = left inferior pulmonary vein; LAA = left atrial appendage

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