Recent years have seen an enormous amount of experimental and clinical research into role of the pulmonary veins (PVs) in atrial fibrillation (AF). Advanced imaging techniques have confirmed the ...
Blood travels around the body in tubes called arteries ... oxygenated blood a way from the heart, veins carry deoxygenated blood back to the heart The pulmonary circuit transports blood to ...
But if the clot is large and stops blood flow to the lung, it can be deadly. Pulmonary embolism is caused by a blocked artery in the lungs. The most common cause of such a blockage is a blood clot ...
[54] The main pulmonary artery is encircled and temporarily clamped to assess the impact on hemodynamic stability and gas exchange. If not well tolerated, the femoral artery and vein are ...