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There are diffuse, patchy areas of lung consolidation. A ring is present which is in the area of the heart that would be anticipated with a mitral valve replacement. An aortic valve would be anticipated to be superior and to the patient’s right of the mitral valve. There are wires characteristic of a previous median sternotomy present.
A thoracic CT scan was performed (Figure 2).
Figure 2. Representative images in lung windows from the thoracic CT scan.
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