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. 2022 Jun 21;15(6):e014415. doi: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.122.014415

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Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging is published on behalf of the American Heart Association, Inc., by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided that the original work is properly cited.

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Figure 12. — Geometry of the pulmonary bifurcation after Lecompte maneuver. A, Volume rendered 3D reconstruction showing that the pulmonary side branches runs around the aortic root. An external impression on the proximal course of the pulmonary arteries can occur. B, Coronal view of the geometric relation between ascending aorta and pulmonary arteries (RPA **, LPA *). Note the oval shape of the pulmonary arteries, with the broader diameter in the cranio-caudal direction and slimmer diameter in the lateral direction. Ao indicates ascending aorta; LPA, left pulmonary artery; and RPA, right pulmonary artery.