The clinical course and pathologic findings in three cases of anomalous origin of the right pulmonary artery from the ascending aorta are described. The malformation is characterized by (1) absent ...

The Left Subclavian Artery Branches off directly from the arch of the aorta (as it travels down to supply ... These arteries (which also include the aorta, pulmonary artery, and femoral artery) are ...

Systolic pressure in the pulmonary artery was estimated from the interval between pulmonary valve closure and tricuspid valve opening, and the heart rate using a nomogram previously described. The ...

The anterior tibial artery is located in the lower leg, running from the popliteal fossa just behind the knee down along the tibia and fibula, the major bones of the lower leg. It is a branch of the ...

Celiac artery compression syndrome, also known as median arcuate ligament syndrome, is a condition where a muscular fibrous band of the diaphragm, the median arcuate ligament, compresses the celiac ...

The first branch is the right carotid and does not ... In the presence of severe obstruction at the arch and elevated pulmonary artery (PA) pressure, the PDA flow is bidirectional or all right ...

The introduction of effective prosthetic mitral valves has allowed a renewed attack on the question of the extent to which abnormalities of the pulmonary vascular dynamics in patients with mitral ...

Figure 4. Degenerative loss of vessels in rat and human PAH. A, The pulmonary microvasculature that is lost in rat monocrotaline (MCT)-PAH (see loss of distal vessels and decreased branching) can be ...

A parallel communication regarding these factors in dogs with experimentally produced pulmonary embolism will be reported elsewhere. 6 All 11 patients in this study were treated on the medical or ...

The VSD is often located in the antero-superior position between the two limbs of the trabecular septomarginalis. The defect is generally large and juxta-arterial, and a muscular rim along the ...

Correspondence to British Thoracic Society, 17, Doughty Street, London WC1N 2PL, UK; bts{at}brit-thoracic.org.uk and Dr Charlotte E Bolton, Nottingham Respiratory Research Unit, University of ...