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case_images: (a) Chest roentgenogram showing the embolized stent in the right branch pulmonary artery, (b) Preoperative computed tomographic scan showing the stent
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case_images: The chest roentgenogram showed the in situ ductal stent and another stent in the hilar right PA [Figure 1a]. A computed tomographic pulmonary angiogram demonstrated the embolized stent in the right lower lobar branch with protrusion into the hilar right PA [Figure 1b].
case_images: (a) Preoperative echocardiography showing embolized stent and blood flowing around it, (b) Postoperative echocardiography showing patent branch pulmonary arteries with good flow
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case_images: The embolized stent was in the hilar right PA, with blood flowing around it [Figure 2a and b]. At 6-month follow-up, the bidirectional cavopulmonary shunt is functioning well, and echocardiography demonstrated patency of the right lower lobe PA [Figure 2b].
case_images: (a) Intraoperative view of the stent being retrieved from the branch pulmonary artery, (b) Retrieved stent
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case_images: The expanded coronary stent (11 mm x 3.5 mm) was found embedded in the right lower lobar branch protruding into the right PA [Figure 3a]. With gentle manipulation, the embedded stent was extracted without causing any obvious endothelial damage [Figure 3b].