5 Classification — Where Do the Pulmonary Arteries Come From?

Truncus Arteriosus: Cardiac Pathology and Surgery · 5:07

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[Verse 1]
Back in nineteen forty-nine, Collett and Edwards drew the line
Four types of truncus, where do arteries align?
Type One's got a short main trunk, sixty percent of cases spunk
Left side sprouting, then it splits, that's how the normal pattern fits

[Chorus]
Where do pulmonary arteries come from?
Classification tells us how they run
Type One short main, Type Two separate doors
Type Three wide apart, Type Four needs more
Collett Edwards, Van Praagh too
Teaching us what doctors need to know

[Verse 2]
Type Two's our patient here tonight, twenty to thirty percent right
No main segment to be found, separate ostia all around
Left posterior surface shows, where each artery grows and flows
Adjacent doors but standing lone, each PA has its own home

[Chorus]
Where do pulmonary arteries come from?
Classification tells us how they run
Type One short main, Type Two separate doors
Type Three wide apart, Type Four needs more
Collett Edwards, Van Praagh too
Teaching us what doctors need to know

[Bridge]
Type Three widely separated walls, ten percent of all the calls
Type Four was reclassified, pulmonary atresia's side
Van Praagh came in sixty-five, kept the knowledge alive
A-one through A-four he made, different system, different grade

[Verse 3]
Our case shows the spiral course, left PA takes anterior force
Superior positioning clear, right PA posterior here
Inferior pathway it will take, no main segment for heaven's sake
Type Two classic presentation, spiral course demonstration

[Chorus]
Where do pulmonary arteries come from?
Classification tells us how they run
Type One short main, Type Two separate doors
Type Three wide apart, Type Four needs more
Collett Edwards, Van Praagh too
Teaching us what doctors need to know

[Outro]
Two systems help us understand
Where pulmonary vessels stand
Classification is the key
To truncus anatomy

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