11. Because of this absence, they have a much smaller pulmonary artery . 12. Pulmonary artery pressure increases in an effort to oxygenate more blood.13. One study found at autopsy significant thickening of pulmonary arteries in cirrhotic patients. 14. The operation involved the joining of the subclavian artery to the pulmonary artery . 15. Once in place, the FloWatch-PAB provides dynamic control of pulmonary artery blood flow. 16. All have heart defects, typically a narrowing of the aorta or pulmonary arteries . 17. These progressively enlarge until the trunk splits into the aorta and pulmonary arteries . 18. The knife punctured his left lung, pulmonary artery and liver, the report states. 19. Adult heartworms appear as double-lined hyperechoic structures within the heart or pulmonary arteries . 20. Eligibility for transplantation is generally related to mean pulmonary artery pressure ( PAP ).