Left lower lobar artery

Looks like

The pulmonary artery continuation into the lower lobe, the largest lobe.

What it does

Carries oxygen-poor blood to the lower lobe, which gets the most blood flow.

Keeping it well

A frequent place for clots; controlled in lower lobe removal.

Its parts

• Left superior segmental artery
• Left basal segmental artery

Related conditions

• High blood pressure
• High cholesterol
• Hypothermia & frostbite
• Kawasaki disease
• Metabolic syndrome
• Orthostatic hypotension & POTS
• Peripheral artery disease
• Phaeochromocytoma & hyperaldosteronism
• Pre-eclampsia
• Pulmonary embolism
• Pulmonary hypertension
• Raynaud's phenomenon
• Sepsis
• Shock (circulatory failure)
• Vasculitis (GCA & others)