inferior pulmonary vein

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Noun1.inferior pulmonary vein - either of two pulmonary veins (left and right) returning blood from the inferior lobes of the lungsinferior pulmonary vein - either of two pulmonary veins (left and right) returning blood from the inferior lobes of the lungs
vena pulmanalis inferior
pulmonary vein, vena pulmonalis - any of four veins that carry arterial blood from the lungs to the left atrium of the heart
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Anatomy of inferior pulmonary vein should be clarifed in lower lobectomy.
Evaluation of Pulmonary Vein Variations Using Multidetector Computed Tomography
The venous structure drained to normal localized inferior pulmonary vein. The patient underwent angiography for exclusion AVM, but no feeding vessel was detected [Figure 2].
Meandering pulmonary vein: Very rare incidental finding
of cPVB/patient 1.2 PV potential location RSPV 9 (33%) RIPV 3 (11%) LSPV 10 (37%) LIPV 5 (19%) Wide double PV potentials interval 136 [+ or -] 16ms Relation to PV firing 24 (89%) cPVB = concealed pulmonary vein bigeminy; PV = pulmonary vein; RSPV = right superior pulmonary vein; RIPV = right inferior pulmonary vein; LSPV = left superior pulmonary vein; LIPV = left inferior pulmonary vein.
Concealed Pulmonary Vein Bigeminy during Sinus Rhythm in Patients with Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation: A Useful Marker for Pulmonary Vein Firing
Structures of left atrial posterior wall: ARGP--anterior right ganglionated plexus, CS--coronary sinus, IRGP inferior right ganglionated plexus, ILGP--inferior left ganglionated plexus, IVC--inferior vein cava, LSPV left superior pulmonaty vein, LIPV--left inferior pulmonary vein, RSPV--right superior pulmonary vein, RIPV--right inferior pulmonary vein, SLGP--superior left ganglionated plexus; modified after [3].
Minimally invasive epicardial posterior left atrial wall isolation: technique and results
The closer relationship of the RPN to the RSPV makes it more susceptible to injury during ablation of the RSPV than during ablation of the Right Inferior Pulmonary Vein (RIPV).
Postintervention Dyspnea after Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation: Think of a Phrenic Nerve Injury
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