The upper pulmonary veins (PVs) are responsible for the majority of atrial fibrillation (AF) triggering foci, whereas the inferior PVs are more difficult to ablate and prone to postablation ostial ...
Electrogram recordings in a patient with a focal pulmonary vein (PV) tachycardia originating from the right upper PV (RUPV). The fluoroscopic image (left anterior oblique projection) in (A ...
Veins make up a network of connecting tubes throughout the human body, ranging in size from 1 mm (about the size of a pencil point) to 2 cm (about the size of a quarter), that bring blood low in ...
In most cases, arteries carry oxygen-rich blood, and veins carry oxygen-poor blood, but that doesn’t apply during the pulmonary circuit between your heart and lungs. Other differences exist in ...
All blood vessels are specifically structured to perform their function. For example, a capillary is microscopically thin to allow gases to exchange, the arteries are tough and flexible to cope ...
The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) recently awarded a $3.7 million grant to support a project led by Principal Investigator, Chase ...