title: Pulmonary circulation imaging: embryology and normal anatomy.
abstract: This review focuses on the embryology and normal imaging anatomy of the pulmonary circulation, with emphasis on the major arterial and venous vasculature. The pulmonary circulation and parenchyma have a complex intertwined embryologic origin. Understanding the embryologic basis of normal pulmonary vasculature aids recognition of anomalies and visceral situs in the chest. Adaptive changes to congenital anomalies of the pulmonary arterial vasculature are used to contrast from normal and review associated temporal adaptive vascular and parenchymal changes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305-5105, USA. hmurillo@stanford.edu
authors.forename: Horacio
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Murillo
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Cutalo
authors.forename: Robert P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Lane
authors.forename: Dominik
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Fleischmann
authors.forename: Carlos S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Restrepo
mesh_terms: D001981:Bronchial Arteries / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000196:embryology; D006801:Humans; D055806:Microvessels / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000196:embryology; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000196:embryology; D011652:Pulmonary Circulation; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000196:embryology; D012016:Reference Values; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods