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Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004;25:648-649
© 2004 Elsevier Science NL

Images in cardio-thoracic surgery

Giant pulmonary arteriovenous malformation

Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China

Received 8 December 2003; received in revised form 30 December 2003; accepted 2 January 2004.

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e-mail: yimap@cuhk.edu.hk

Key Words: Angiography • Arteriovenous malformation • Chest radiology • Computed tomography

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A 44-year-old man was admitted with coughing and dyspnea for 3 weeks. Chest radiography and thoracic CT scanning confirmed a huge left lung arteriovenous malformation (Fig. 1) . Due to a prohibitively high operative risk, he was investigated with pulmonary angiography in preparation for . . . [Full Text of this Article]