| pulmonary alveolar p. |
a chronic lung disease characterized by dyspnea, productive cough, chest pain, weakness, weight loss, and hemoptysis, and by the filling of the distal alveoli with a bland, eosinophilic, probably endogenous, proteinaceous material that prevents ventilation of affected areas.
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| pulmonary arteriovenous f. |
a congenital fistula communicating between the pulmonary arterial and venous systems, allowing unoxygenated blood to enter the systemic circulation.
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| pulmonary artery b. |
an operation to provide constriction of the pulmonary artery with a band to reduce pulmonary blood flow and relieve congestive heart failure in children with congenital heart defects that produce left to right shunts between ventricles or the great arteries.
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| pulmonary artery s. |
a rare cardiac anomaly in which the left pulmonary artery arises aberrantly from the right pulmonary artery and lies between the trachea and esophagus; it is frequently characterized by respiratory obstruction. See also pulmonary sling syndrome, under syndrome.
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| pulmonary artery wedge p. |
intravascular pressure as measured by a catheter wedged into the distal pulmonary artery; it permits indirect measurement of the mean left atrial pressure.
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