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Abstract
Atherosclerotic change and pulmonary artery calcification is known to occur in patients
with pulmonary artery hypertension. We present such a patient with Eisenmenger's syndrome.
Computed tomography demonstrated atheromatous plaques and calcification of the pulmonary
arteries.
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