Small amounts of venous gas embolism cause delayed impairment of endothelial function and increase polymorphonuclear neutrophil infiltration

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 209-214

  Nossum, Vibeke ^a   Hjelde, Astrid ^a   Brubakk, Alf O ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Endothelial cells; Lung oedema; Neutrophils; Pulmonary artery; Vascular bubbles

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; SUBSTANCE P; WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CALCULATION; CELL FUNCTION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; GAS EMBOLISM; IMAGE PROCESSING; INFUSION; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER; JUGULAR VEIN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG FLUID; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; RABBIT;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EMBOLISM, AIR; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; EXTRAVASCULAR LUNG WATER; FEMALE; JUGULAR VEINS; MALE; NEUTROPHILS; NITROPRUSSIDE; PULMONARY EDEMA; RABBITS; VASODILATION; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 0036939236     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-001-0531-y     Document Type: Article

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