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Intraoperative set-up for pulmonary endarterectomy. Please note that initially the surgeon stands on the left side of the patient. The left atrial vent is placed via the right superior pulmonary artery and directed into the left ventricle while the patient is cooling and the heart fibrillating. SVC: superior vena cava; IVC: inferior vena cava; PA: pulmonary artery; LA: left atrial.
