In most cases, arteries carry oxygen-rich blood, and veins carry oxygen-poor blood, but that doesn’t apply during the pulmonary circuit between your heart and lungs. Other differences exist in ...

The now oxygen-depleted blood travels through veins to the right side of the heart. From here, it's pumped through the ...

Panelists discuss how pulmonary arterial hypertension diagnosis requires comprehensive evaluation including right heart ...

Symptomatic children may have pulmonary embolism and/or deep vein thrombosis at similar rates to adults, despite current literature.

CT scan: This can show enlarged pulmonary arteries. A CT scan can also spot ... The doctor places a catheter into a large vein, most often the jugular vein in your neck or femoral vein in your ...

Gradient Denervation Technologies announced today that it received FDA breakthrough device designation for its denervation ...

All blood vessels are specifically structured to perform their function. For example, a capillary is microscopically thin to allow gases to exchange, the arteries are tough and flexible to cope ...

A pulmonary artery pressure sensor is implanted into a suitable branch of the pulmonary artery via a large vein (usually the femoral vein). Data on pulmonary artery pressure (PAP), such as pressure ...