Fig. 1.
(A) Chest X-ray taken after the patient's cardiac surgery 30 years prior to this admission, showing density indicating right-sided and left-sided pleural effusion. (B) At this admission: chest X-ray showing the placement of a drainage tube (DT) in the left thoracic cavity. Arrows: pleural effusion. MAV: mechanical aortic valve, MMV: mechanical mitral valve.
