Effects of intermittent hypoxia on pulmonary haemodynamics: Animal models versus studies in humans

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 173-180

  Zielinski J ^a  

^a NATIONAL TUBERCULOSIS AND LUNG DISEASES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Animal models; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; High altitude; Obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome; Pulmonary circulation; Remodelling

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ALTITUDE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL STUDY; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE MODEL; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LONG TERM CARE; LUNG ALVEOLUS HYPOVENTILATION; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG HEMODYNAMICS; NIGHT; NONHUMAN; NORMAL VALUE; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OXYGEN SATURATION; OXYGEN THERAPY; PATHOGENESIS; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; REVIEW; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; TIME; TRAVEL;

ANIMALS; ANOXIA; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; MALE; OXYGEN INHALATION THERAPY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY CIRCULATION; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RATS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 13444291702     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.04.00037204     Document Type: Review

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