The distance
between the
tangent and
the main
pulmonary
artery (between
two small
green arrows)
falls in a range
between 0 mm
(touching the
tangent line) to
as much as 15
mm away from
the tangent line
If we draw a
tangent line
from the apex
of the left
ventricle to the
aortic knob
(red line) and
measure along
a
perpendicular
to that tangent
line (yellow
line)