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Pulmonary Trunk

Known as: Main Pulmonary Artery 
An artery arising from the right ventricle of the heart that bifurcates into the left and right pulmonary arteries.
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Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Sildenafil Prevents Change in RhoA Expression Induced by Chronic Hypoxia in Rat Pulmonary Artery
Abstract— Exposure to chronic hypoxia (CH) induces a sustained pulmonary hypertension associated with structural and functional… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Effects of ischemia on pulmonary dysfunction after cardiopulmonary bypass.
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
The Role of Nitric Oxide in Dilating the Fetal Ductus Arteriosus in Rats
Prostaglandin E is a major dilator of the fetal ductus arteriosus (DA), but the role of nitric in fetal ductal dilation has not… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
In vivo treatment with endotoxin induces nitric oxide synthase in rat main pulmonary artery.
Our aim was to demonstrate increased NO activity from inducible NO synthase (iNOS) in pulmonary arteries (PA) from rats treated… 
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Plasma atrial natriuretic polypeptide as an index of left ventricular end-diastolic pressure in patients with chronic left-sided heart failure.
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Evaluation of dilated cardiomyopathy by pulsed Doppler echocardiography.
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Hemodynamic assessment after palliative surgery for hypoplastic left heart syndrome.
Ten patients with hypoplastic left heart syndrome underwent cardiac catheterization to assess the effectiveness of palliative… 
Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
A comparison of pre- and postsynaptic effects of α-adrenolytic drugs in the pulmonary artery of the rabbit
Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
Subcellular fractions of smooth muscle. Isolation, substrate utilization and Ca++ transport by main pulmonary artery and mesenteric vein mitochondria.
Highly Cited
1965
Highly Cited
1965
RESPONSES OF NERVE-FREE VESSELS TO VASOACTIVE AMINES AND POLYPEPTIDES.
Contractile responses of helically cut strips of noninnervated human umbilical artery and vein were determined. Spontaneous… 
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