Videopericardioscopy Using Endothoracic Sonography for Lung Cancer Staging Kiyoshi Ohno, MD, Tomoki Utsumi, MD, Yoshiaki Sasaki, MD, Yuko Suzuki, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 79, Issue 5, Pages 1780-1782 (May 2005) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2003.10.087
Fig 1 Computed tomographic scan shows possible tumor invasion of the pulmonary arterial trunk and left pulmonary artery. (T = tumor.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2005 79, 1780-1782DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2003.10.087)
Fig 2 Left videopericardioscopy demonstrates no tumor (T) invasion of the pulmonary arterial trunk (PATr). Endothoracic sonographic probe (ESP) evaluating tumor invasion of the left pulmonary artery. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2005 79, 1780-1782DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2003.10.087)
Fig 3 Endothoracic sonography shows no tumor invasion of the pulmonary arterial trunk (A) and the left pulmonary artery (B). (AAo = ascending aorta; DAo = descending aorta; Lt PA = left pulmonary artery; PATr = pulmonary arterial trunk.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2005 79, 1780-1782DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2003.10.087)