Gamuts

Large main pulmonary artery

A pulmonary artery is an artery in the pulmonary circulation that carries deoxygenated blood from the right side of the heart to the lungs. The largest pulmonary artery is the main pulmonary artery or pulmonary trunk from the heart, and the smallest ones are the arterioles, which lead to the capillaries that surround the pulmonary alveoli. [Source: Wikipedia ]

May Be Caused by
 Common
Anemia
Atrial septal defect
Chronic heart disease
Cor pulmonale
Diffuse lung disease
Fluid overload
Heart failure
High output heart disease
Idiopathic
Mitral insufficiency
Mitral stenosis
Normal finding in adult women under 25
Obesity
Patent ductus arteriosus
Pregnancy
Pulmonary arterial disease
Pulmonary artery aneurysm
Pulmonary embolism
Pulmonary hypertension
Pulmonic stenosis
Thyrotoxicosis
Ventricular septal defect
 Uncommon
Absent pulmonary valve
Aortopulmonary fistula
Aortopulmonary window
Atrioventricular canal defect
Cardiac neoplasm
Coarctation of pulmonary artery
Congenital absence of the pericardium
Cor triatriatum
Coronary artery fistula to right atrium
Coronary artery fistula to right ventricle
Coronary artery-pulmonary artery fistula
Double outlet right ventricle
Eisenmenger syndrome
Endomyocardial fibrosis
Hypoplastic left heart syndrome
Left atrial myxoma
Marfan syndrome
Parachute mitral valve complex
Pulmonary insufficiency
Tricuspid atresia without pulmonary stenosis
Trilogy of Fallot
Truncus arteriosus

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