- A
pulmonary artery is an
artery in the
pulmonary circulation that
carries deoxygenated blood from the
right side of the
heart to the lungs. The largest...
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inserted into a
pulmonary artery in a
procedure known as
pulmonary artery catheterization or
right heart catheterization.
Pulmonary artery catheterization...
- The
pulmonary wedge pressure (PWP) (also
called pulmonary arterial wedge pressure (PAWP),
pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (PCWP),
pulmonary artery occlusion...
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Pulmonary hypertension (PH or PHTN) is a
condition of
increased blood pressure in the
arteries of the lungs.
Symptoms include shortness of breath, fainting...
- only the
pulmonary wedge pressure is
obtainable via
pulmonary artery catheterization. Due to the
complication rate ****ociated with
pulmonary artery catheterization...
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blood back to the
pulmonary circulation. The
blood vessels of the
pulmonary circulation are the
pulmonary arteries and the
pulmonary veins. A separate...
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blood are the
pulmonary arteries in the
pulmonary circulation that
carry blood to the
lungs for oxygenation, and the
umbilical arteries in the
fetal circulation...
- circulation,
which receives deoxygenated blood from the
right heart via the
pulmonary arteries,
exchanges oxygen and
carbon dioxide across the alveolar–capillary...
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pulmonary valve (sometimes
referred to as the
pulmonic valve) is a
valve of the
heart that lies
between the
right ventricle and the
pulmonary artery,...
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pumped away from the heart, via the
pulmonary artery, to the
lungs and returned, oxygenated, to the
heart via the
pulmonary vein. Oxygen-deprived
blood from...
