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Pulmonary veins

Known as: Pulmonary venous tree (organ part), Pulmonary venous tree organ part, Pulmonary veins set 
One of four veins that carries oxygen-rich blood from the lungs to the cardiac left atrium.
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21 relations
CDISC SEND Biospecimens TerminologyClinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium TerminologyLeft atrial structureLung

Narrower (8)

Left common pulmonary veinLobar veinPulmonary Arteriovenous FistulasRight common pulmonary vein

Broader (2)

Veinsmajor vein

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Review
2006
Review
2006
Electrophysiology of Pulmonary Veins
Pulmonary veins were found to be important foci for the genesis and maintenance of atrial fibrillation. Morphological studies… 
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Embolic Events and Char Formation During Pulmonary Vein Isolation in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation: Impact of Different Anticoagulation Regimens and Importance of Intracardiac Echo Imaging
Thromboembolic events are important complications of pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) procedures, occurring in up to 2.8% of… 
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Topographic Variability of the Esophageal Left Atrial Relation Influencing Ablation Lines in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation
Introduction: The close anatomic relationship of the posterior wall of the left atrium (LA) and the thermosensitive esophagus… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Beating-heart surgical treatment of atrial fibrillation with microwave ablation.
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
A simple way to treat chronic atrial fibrillation during mitral valve surgery: the epicardial radiofrequency approach.
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Limited posterior left atrial cryoablation in patients with chronic atrial fibrillation undergoing valvular heart sugery.
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Diastolic ventricular function in children: a Doppler echocardiographic study establishing normal values and predictors of increased ventricular end-diastolic pressure.
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Efficacy of a simple left atrial procedure for chronic atrial fibrillation in mitral valve operations.
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
When and how to report results of surgery on atrial fibrillation.
Highly Cited
1960
Highly Cited
1960
Hyperventilation and arterial hypoxemia in cirrhosis of the liver.
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