Pulmonary
71Pulmonary valve — Infobox Anatomy Name = PAGENAME Latin = valva trunci pulmonalis GraySubject = 138 GrayPage = 532 Caption = Anterior (frontal) view of the opened heart. White arrows indicate normal blood flow. Caption2 = Heart seen from above. Width = 300 |… …
72Pulmonary artery sling — Infobox Disease Name = Pulmonary artery sling Caption = DiseasesDB = 30767 ICD10 = ICD9 = ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = ped eMedicineTopic = 2525 MeshID = Pulmonary artery sling is a rare condition in which the left pulmonary artery …
73pulmonary stenosis — ▪ congenital defect narrowing of either the pulmonary valve the valve through which blood flows from the right ventricle, or lower chamber, of the heart on its way to the lungs or the infundibulum, or of both. The infundibulum (Latin:… …
74pulmonary angiography — angiography of the pulmonary vessels, used to detect pulmonary embolism or less frequently to delineate pulmonary arteriovenous malformations, pulmonary varices, or pulmonary vessel anatomy …
75Pulmonary aspiration — In medicine, aspiration is the entry of secretions or foreign material into the trachea and lungs. [cite web url=http://www.intox.org/databank/documents/treat/treate/trt39 e.htm title=Pulmonary aspiration (Treatment Guide) publisher=www.intox.org …
76Pulmonary capillary wedge pressure — The Pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (abbreviated PCWP), as measured by a Swan Ganz catheter, is the pressure measured in a pulmonary artery after occlusion of that artery. Because of the large compliance of the pulmonary circulation, it… …
77Pulmonary vein — One of four vessels that carry aerated blood from the lungs to the left atrium of the heart. (The four are the right and left superior and inferior pulmonary veins). The pulmonary veins are the only veins that carry bright red oxygenated blood. * …
78pulmonary hypertension — a condition in which there is raised blood pressure within the blood vessels supplying the lungs (the pulmonary artery blood pressure is normally much lower than the pressure within the aorta and its branches). Pulmonary hypertension may… …
79pulmonary consumption — Consumption Con*sump tion (?; 215), n. [L. consumptio: cf. F. consomption.] 1. The act or process of consuming by use, waste, etc.; decay; destruction. [1913 Webster] Every new advance of the price to the consumer is a new incentive to him to… …
80Pulmonary blood vessel — The pulmonary blood vessels are those blood vessels which carry blood to and from the lungs.The pulmonary arteries, which carry blood from the heart to the lungs, are the only arteries which carry deoxygenated blood. Conversely, the pulmonary… …
