| 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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| pulmonary b. |
traumatic damage to the lung as a result of pressure changes, such as in divers, usually characterized by peribronchial rupture and pneumomediastinum.
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| pulmonary b.’es of vagus nerve, anterior |
anterior bronchial branches of vagus nerve; see rami bronchiales nervi vagi, under ramus.
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