| pulmonary hypertension |
Elevated blood pressure in the pulmonary arteries from constriction; causes problems with the blood flow in the lungs, and makes the heart work harder.
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| pulmonary artery |
the blood vessel that takes blood from the heart to the lungs
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| pulmonary atresia |
blood cannot be pumped to the lungs from the right ventricle through the pulmonary artery, which is blocked or missing.
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| pulmonary artery |
An artery that carries venous blood from the right ventricle of the heart to the lungs.
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| pulmonary embolism |
The most common type of pulmonary embolus is a thrombus that usually has formed in a leg or pelvic vein. Most of those causing serious hemodynamic disturbances form in an iliofemoral vein, either de novo or by propagation from calf vein thrombi. Thromboemboli originate infrequently in the veins of the upper extremities or in the right cardiac chambers. ...
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