To correct high blood pressure of the pulmonary artery, which can arise from congenital defects of the heart, an artificial heart ucan cost upwards of $190,000. Heart disease accounted for about one ...

San Francisco, CA—Pulmonary artery denervation was associated with significant reductions in pulmonary artery pressure in a cohort of patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). Of the 21 ...

Development of a reliable reversible pulmonary artery band (PAB) might obviate the need for a second cardiac surgical procedure in children with some forms of congenital heart disease. We evaluated ...

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

Autologous pericardium has been used for angioplasty in pediatric cardiovascular surgery with good results, except in the case of the pulmonary valve. 1 However, we know of no report on the histology ...

Radiofrequency valvotomy is used to treat pulmonary atresia, a congenital malformation of the pulmonary valve in which the valve orifice fails to develop. The valve is completely closed, thereby ...

Pulmonary thromboendarterectomy (PTE) is a major surgery on the blood vessels in the lungs. It involves removing a blood clot from the lung to restore blood pressure levels. PTE is also known as ...