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The image is prepared from a data set obtained using multidetector computed tomography in a patient undergoing investigation for coronary arterial disease. The pericardial reflections divide the ascending aorta into intrapericardial and extrapericardial components. The pulmonary trunk branches at the margins of the pericardial cavity into the right and left pulmonary arteries.
