They divide like tree branches until they are slender. The largest is the aorta, which connects to the heart and picks up oxygenated blood from the left ventricle. The only artery that picks up ...

A third type — arterioles — are smaller and branch off from arteries ... apply during the pulmonary circuit between your heart and lungs. Other differences exist in the anatomy of arteries ...

The blood in arteries is typically oxygenated. The exception is that the pulmonary artery instead ... In this article, we explore the anatomy, function, and types of arteries, as well as health ...

Pulmonary arteries carry oxygen-depleted blood from the right side of the heart to the lungs. Arteries can be thought of as a ...

The straightforward catheter platform was designed specifically for the pulmonary artery anatomy and leverages known interventional techniques. The treatment goal is to down-regulate the ...

The primary reason for crossover was cardiovascular anatomy that made it impossible ... or stent placement in the shunt or a branch of the pulmonary artery in the RVPA shunt group, particularly ...

Saddle PE is when a large blood clot (thrombus) gets stuck where the main pulmonary artery branches off into a Y-shape to go into each lung. The name refers to the fact that the clot “saddles ...