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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
Abstract— Exposure to chronic hypoxia (CH) induces a sustained pulmonary hypertension associated with structural and functional… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
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
Our aim was to demonstrate increased NO activity from inducible NO synthase (iNOS) in pulmonary arteries (PA) from rats treated… 
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Ten patients with hypoplastic left heart syndrome underwent cardiac catheterization to assess the effectiveness of palliative… 
Highly Cited
1965
Highly Cited
1965
Contractile responses of helically cut strips of noninnervated human umbilical artery and vein were determined. Spontaneous…