Perfusion heterogeneity in the pulmonary acinus

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 933-938

  Tanabe, Nobuhiro ^a,b   Todoran, Thomas M ^a   Zenk, Gerald M ^a   Bunton, Brenda R ^a   Wagner Jr , Wiltz W ^a,c   Presson Jr , Robert G ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c MS 374 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Acinar perfusion; Dogs; Pulmonary microcirculation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY FLOW; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; LUNG BLOOD FLOW; LUNG CIRCULATION; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031951699     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1998.84.3.933     Document Type: Article

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