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Doppler · Chest · open case 023

Radiology · Thorax

Intraoperative transesophageal echocardiogram images with color flow doppler of the main pulmonary artery (MPA), left pulmonary artery (LPA) and right pulmonary artery (RPA) prior to surgical pulmonary embolectomy. The images reveal significant flow acceleration across a dilated MPA (Panel A) and minimal to no antegrade flow into the LPA (panel B) and RPA (panel C). (For interpretation of the references to color in this figure legend, the reader is referred to the Web version of this article. ).
Intraoperative transesophageal echocardiogram images with color flow doppler of the main pulmonary artery (MPA), left pulmonary artery (LPA) and right pulmonary artery (RPA) prior…

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Category
Thorax
Difficulty
mean
Type
Radiological image
Mode
Doppler

Origin: MultiCaRe · figure from open-access article PMC8626575 · License CC BY

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