As compared with normal values in the literature, 47 of the 87 patients (54%) had widening of the trunk of the pulmonary artery (≥30 mm). Of these 47, 15% had no sign of disease of the ascending ...

Surgery was performed on day 5 of the patient's hospital stay. The pulmonary trunk was opened during cardiopulmonary bypass, and a vegetation, 9 cm in length, was removed (Figure 1). The entire ...

DILV may also be caused by transposition of the great vessels, so that the aorta and the pulmonary trunk arise from the right and the left ventricles respectively, instead of their normal positions.