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Isolated agenesis of the left pulmonary artery: A case report
Abstract
We present a case of a middle-aged patient followed up at the medical outpatient’s department routinely over two years for hypertensive heart disease and tobacco-induced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The patient was found to have an additional problem of congenital absence of the left main pulmonary artery
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M J Mpe, Division of Pulmonology, Department of Medicine, Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University, South Africa
W van Aswegen, Division of Pulmonology, Department of Medicine, Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University, South Africa
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Date published: 2021-10-04
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