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 The pulmonary trunk (TP) starts from the pulmonary valve is ± 5 cm and ± 2 cm in diameter. Then splits into two branches, the trunk, the left-hand (aps) -, and right pulmonary artery (APD), which carry the oxygen-depleted blood to the corresponding lungs.
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+{| class="wikitable" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="250px"
 |-
-|bgcolor="#FFFFFF"|[[Image:Pulmart.png|600px]]
+|bgcolor="#FFFFFF" align="center"|[[Image:Pulmart_revised.svg|200px]]
 |-
-!Picture source: European Journal of Echocardiography (2010 ) 11 , 645-658<cite>2</cite>
+!Picture Source: Cove Point Foundation <cite>1</cite>
 |}
+{| class="wikitable" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="800px"
+|-
+|colspan="5"|'''PA diameter''' <cite>2</cite>
+|-
+|
+!Reference range
+!Mildly abnormal
+!Moderately abnormal
+!Severely abnormal
+|-
+!1cm Below pulmonic valve
+|1.5–2.1
+|2.2–2.5
+|2.6–2.9
+|≥3.0
+|}
+{| class="wikitable" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"
+|-
+|+ Echoviews
+|-
+|[[Image:Pulm art03.jpg|300px]]
+|[[Image:Pulm art02.jpg|300px]]
+|-
+!Plax by tilted (Plax PV)
+!PSax Ao
+|-
+|[[Image:Pulmart03.jpg|300px]]
+|[[Image:Pulmart02.jpg|300px]]
+|-
+!Suprasternal apd (color doppler)
+!Dilated apd (Plax PV)
+|}
 ==References==
 <biblio>
-#1 pmid=20233780
+#1 [http://www.pted.org/?id=pulmhypertension1 Cove Point Foundation - Congenital Heart Disease]
-#2 pmid=20823280
+#2 pmid=3730205
 </biblio>