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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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