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Images in cardio-thoracic surgery

A huge aortic arch aneurysm mimicking massive pulmonary artery embolism

Department of Cardiac Surgery, Ospedale S. Maria della Misericordia, Perugia, Italy

Received 27 April 2009; received in revised form 23 June 2009; accepted 24 June 2009.

^_* Corresponding author. Address: S.C. di Cardiochirurgia, Ospedale S. Maria della Misericordia, S. Andrea delle Fratte, 06156 Perugia, Italy. Tel.: +39 0755782213; fax: +39 0755782214. (Email: enricoramoni@libero.it).

Key Words: Aortic aneurysm • Pulmonary heart disease • Emission-computed tomography

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