Blood vesselVein
Right pulmonary veins
Latin: Venae pulmonales dextrae
Location: Thorax
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Right lung's oxygenated outflow, crossing the right atrium's posterior wall to enter the left atrium.
Drains
Right lung.
Clinical relevance
Their ostia are ablation's landmarks; the oesophagus's intimate contact behind the left atrium makes ablation here risk a fistula — the field's most feared complication.
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