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. 2019 Mar 14;6:24. doi: 10.3389/fcvm.2019.00024

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(A) Ventilation-perfusion scan in a patient with group 4 pulmonary hypertension with multiple segmental defects (arrows) and additional areas of possible defect (asterisks), overall with high probability for pulmonary embolism. (B) Contrasted computed tomographic angiography (CTA) in transaxial view of same patient showing main pulmonary artery dilation (3.7 cm) compatible with pulmonary hypertension. (C–E) CTA showing multiple areas of filling defect consistent with pulmonary emboli (asterisks) that correspond to perfusion defects in the right lung. (F–H) CTA showing multiple areas of filling defect compatible with pulmonary emboli (arrows) that may correspond to perfusion defects in the left lung. AAo, ascending aorta; DAo, descending aorta; LL, left lung; LPA, left pulmonary artery; MPA, main pulmonary artery; RL, right lung; RPA, right pulmonary artery; SVC, superior vena cava.