A pulmonary angiogram involves the insertion of a thin catheter (flexible tube) into your groin or arm. A local anesthetic is used at the site of the insertion.

B, Computed tomographic pulmonary angiogram showing a peripheral pulmonary artery aneurysm. As the patient had a nonfunctional left lung, his right lower lobe needed to be preserved.

At cardiac catheterization the mean pulmonary-artery wedge pressure was 10 mm., and the pressure in the pulmonary artery 110/60 mm., in the right ventricle 110/25 mm. and in the brachial artery 90 ...

Wang and colleagues recently reviewed a cohort of 105 patients with tumors invading the left atrium, superior vena cava and intrapericardial pulmonary artery and found that for the N0 group the OS ...

This study reveals circumferential narrowing of the descending aorta and a very small left pulmonary artery. These findings are subsequently confirmed with conventional angiography (Figure 7).

Pulmonary-artery catheterization aids the diagnosis and management of numerous cardiovascular illnesses, including pulmonary hypertension, cardiogenic shock, mixed shock states, cardiac tamponade ...

Nuclear Medicine Approach Can Be First Choice For Excluding Pulmonary Embolism In Young Women Date: September 12, 2007 Source: Society of Nuclear Medicine Summary: Young women at risk of having a ...

Computed tomography pulmonary angiogram (CTPA) is a diagnostic tool that’s readily available at emergency departments, and, in the U.S., its use has increased significantly over the past 5 years.

Noel S. Lee 1, Daniel G. Blanchard 2, Kirk U. Knowlton 2, Anna M. McDivit 2, Victor Pretorius 3, Michael M. Madani 3, Peter F. Fedullo 4, Kim M. Kerr 4, Nick H. Kim 4, David S. Poch 4, William R.

Saddle pulmonary embolism is where a large blood clot sits on top of, or "saddles", the main pulmonary artery at the point where the artery divides and branches into the left and right lung. Learn ...

Pulmonary artery denervation has become a promising therapeutic intervention in the management of pulmonary hypertension. While our findings suggest a substantial role for PADN in treatment ...