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. 2019 Mar 1;316(5):H1091–H1104. doi: 10.1152/ajpheart.00802.2018

Fig. 8.

Fig. 8.

Typical formation of the right pulmonary artery (RPA) helix in a representative adult patient. AD: the origin of the clockwise RPA helix begins at the main pulmonary artery (MPA) vortex diffusing through the RPA ostium and spirals distally throughout systole.