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From: Retrospective single-arm cohort study of video-assisted thoracic surgery for treatment of idiopathic peripherally located simple type pulmonary arteriovenous malformation in 23 consecutive patients

Fig. 3

A case with invisible PAVM without pleural bulge. The distance between pleural surface and PAVM (arrow, a) was 4.6 mm. Reformatted sagittal CT image clearly depicted the relationship between the PAVM (arrow, a) and the margin of the incomplete minor fissure (arrowhead, b). The surgeon promptly detected the PAVM soon after making incision into the incomplete minor fissure, and accomplished wedge resection of the PAVM within 24 min

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Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

ISSN: 1749-8090

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