pulmonary vein
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veins that transfer oxygenated blood from the lungs to the heart
Key facts
- Precursor
- Truncus arteriosus
- System
- Circulatory system
- Drains from
- Lungs
- Drains to
- Left atrium
- Artery
- Pulmonary artery
- Latin
- venae pulmonales
- Mesh
- D011667
- Ta98
- A12.3.02.001
via Wikipedia infobox
Research
55,108 papers- Pulmonary vein stenosis: Treatment and challenges.The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery · 2021
- Cryoballoon ablation for pulmonary vein isolation.Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology · 2020
- Pulmonary vein activity: a step towards personalizing atrial fibrillation ablation.Journal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology : an international journal of arrhythmias and pacing · 2024
- Postrepair Pulmonary Vein Stenosis: Addressing Anatomic and Patient Risk Factors to Improve Outcomes.Seminars in thoracic and cardiovascular surgery. Pediatric cardiac surgery annual · 2025
- Pulmonary Vein in a Pinch.Methodist DeBakey cardiovascular journal · 2024
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Encyclopedic overview
The pulmonary veins are the veins that transfer oxygenated blood from the lungs to the heart. The largest pulmonary veins are the four main pulmonary veins, two from each lung that drain into the left atrium of the heart. The pulmonary veins are part of the pulmonary circulation.
Structure
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “pulmonary vein” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.