The Pulmonary Arterial System
February 24th, 2010The pulmonary arterial system consists of two arteries, the long right pulmonary artery and the shorter left pulmonary artery. They act together to transmit blood to the lungs.
The incidences of pulmonary artery hypertension is not very high in the general population, but when it does occur it can possibly be fatal - especially in its most severe form. In it’s lesser forms, it can still cause problems such as blocked or leaky heart valves and make it more difficult for the heart to pump blood to the lungs. Currently, there is no known cause for pulmonary artery hypertension and most experts attribute it to heredity.
To combat the problem, researchers have experimented with using Adenosine. Adenosine is a building block of DNA and a nucleoside composed of a molecule of adenine attached to a ribose sugar molecule.
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