Blood vesselArtery
Right pulmonary artery
Latin: Arteria pulmonalis dextra
Location: Thorax
View the right pulmonary artery in 3DCourse
Longer than the left, passes behind the ascending aorta and SVC to the right hilum.
Branches
Upper, middle and lower lobar arteries.
Clinical relevance
Its course behind the ascending aorta hides it from many echo views; a 'saddle' embolus straddles the pulmonary trunk's bifurcation into the right and left arteries.
Related conditions
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