Pulmonary capillaries are tiny and delicate blood vessels through which red blood cells can obtain oxygen from the lungs. In fact, this is precisely where respiration takes place.
This site is intended to provide information and make cardiology comprehensible for all patients; it is not a substitute for a doctor. It does, however, enable a better understanding of how the heart works, the many heart diseases that exist, the tests required to reach a diagnosis, and the drugs and other methods used to treat them.
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