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Figure 2

From: The 'cardiac-lung mass' artifact: an echocardiographic sign of lung atelectasis and/or pleural effusion

Figure 2

Lung echography (panel d: normal) (A, atelectasis; BL, b-lines; PF, pleural fluid; RV, right ventricle; VP, visceral pleura). (a,b) Two-dimensional and (c,d) M-mode lung echography depicting atelectasis and pleural fluid adjacent to the heart. The respiratory variation of the atelectatic lung (panel c) versus the opposite normal lung (panel d) in the same patient may be observed. A, atelectasis; BL, b-lines; E, expiration; I, inspiration; PF, pleural fluid; RV, right ventricle; TW, thoracic wall; VP, visceral pleura.

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