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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. | 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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!Picture Source: Cove Point Foundation <cite>1</cite> | |||
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|colspan="5"|'''PA diameter''' <cite>2</cite> | |||
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!Reference range | |||
!Mildly abnormal | |||
!Moderately abnormal | |||
!Severely abnormal | |||
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!1cm Below pulmonic valve | |||
|1.5–2.1 | |||
|2.2–2.5 | |||
|2.6–2.9 | |||
|≥3.0 | |||
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|[[Image:Pulm art03.jpg|300px]] | |||
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!Plax by tilted (Plax PV) | |||
!PSax Ao | |||
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|[[Image:Pulmart03.jpg|300px]] | |||
|[[Image:Pulmart02.jpg|300px]] | |||
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!Suprasternal apd (color doppler) | |||
!Dilated apd (Plax PV) | |||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
<biblio> | <biblio> | ||
#1 | #1 [http://www.pted.org/?id=pulmhypertension1 Cove Point Foundation - Congenital Heart Disease] | ||
#2 pmid= | #2 pmid=3730205 | ||
</biblio> | </biblio> | ||