pulmonary pressure
21pulmonary hypertension — a condition in which there is raised blood pressure within the blood vessels supplying the lungs (the pulmonary artery blood pressure is normally much lower than the pressure within the aorta and its branches). Pulmonary hypertension may… …
22Pulmonary gas pressures — Following is a list of average partial pressures (in torr) for a human at rest:Factors affecting alveolar gas pressuresThe alveolar oxygen pressure is lower than the atmospheric O2 partial pressure for two reasons. * Firstly, as the air enters… …
23Pulmonary laceration — A pulmonary laceration is a chest injury in which lung tissue is torn or cut.] Lacerations that are filled with air are called pneumatoceles, and those that are filled with blood are called pulmonary hematomas. In some cases, both pneumatoceles… …
24pulmonary stenosis — ▪ congenital defect narrowing of either the pulmonary valve the valve through which blood flows from the right ventricle, or lower chamber, of the heart on its way to the lungs or the infundibulum, or of both. The infundibulum (Latin:… …
25pulmonary artery wedge pressure — (PAWP), pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (PCWP) blood pressure measured by a catheter wedged into the distal pulmonary artery; it permits indirect measurement of the mean blood pressure in the left atrium …
26Pulmonary fibrosis — Scarring throughout the lungs which can be caused by many conditions such as, sarcoidosis, hypersensitivity pneumonitis, asbestosis, and certain medications. Chronic pulmonary inflammation and fibrosis can also occur without an identifiable cause …
27Pulmonary-to-systemic shunt — A pulmonary to systemic shunt is a cardiac shunt which allows, or is designed to cause, blood to flow from the pulmonary circulation to the systemic circulation. This occurs when: #there is a passage between two or more of the great vessels; and …
28Pulmonary stenosis — The pulmonary valve is too tight so that the flow of blood from the right ventricle of the heart into the pulmonary artery is impeded. This means the right ventricle must pump harder than normal to overcome the obstruction. If the stenosis is… …
29Pulmonary valve stenosis — Infobox Disease Name = PAGENAME Caption = Pulmonary valve stenosis Width = 250px DiseasesDB = 11025 ICD10 = ICD10|I|37|0|i|30, ICD10|I|37|2|i|30, ICD10|Q|22|1|q|20 ICD9 = ICD9|424.3, ICD9|746.02 ICDO = OMIM = 265500 MedlinePlus = 001096… …
30pulmonary vascular resistance — the vascular resistance of the pulmonary circulation, equal to the difference between the mean pulmonary arterial pressure and the left atrial filling pressure divided by the cardiac output …
