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Figure 1. Preoperative CT. The left displaced and dilated main pulmonary artery with dilation of both branches.
aLV, anatomical left ventricle; Ao, aorta; MPA, main pulmonary artery; RPA, right pulmonary artery; LV, left pulmonary artery.
Figure 2. The arrow (→) shows the compression of the tracheobronchial tree by the dilated pulmonary artery at the same level of left bronchial stenosis (A) Preoperative and (B) postoperative CT at the same level of left bronchial stenosis. The arrow (→) shows the left main bronchus that is compressed by the dilated pulmonary artery. The arrowhead (▶︎) shows anatomical left ventricle to pulmonary artery shunt.
MPA, main pulmonary artery; RPA, right pulmonary artery; LPB, left pulmonary bronchus; conduit, anatomical left ventricle to pulmonary artery shunt
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