Heterogeneous pulmonary blood flow in response to hypoxia: A risk factor for high altitude pulmonary edema?

Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology

Volumn 151, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 217-228

  Hopkins, Susan R ^a   Levin, David L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arterial spin labeling; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; High altitude pulmonary edema; Pulmonary blood flow; Pulmonary blood flow heterogeneity; Stress failure

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HIGH ALTITUDE PULMONARY EDEMA; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; HYPOXIA; HYPOXIC LUNG VASOCONSTRICTION; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG BLOOD FLOW; LUNG BLOOD VESSEL; LUNG CAPILLARY; LUNG CAPILLARY PRESSURE; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG PERFUSION; MECHANICAL STRESS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ALTITUDE SICKNESS; ANIMALS; ANOXIA; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMANS; LUNG; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OXYGEN; PULMONARY EDEMA; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33645961887     PISSN: 15699048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2005.10.007     Document Type: Article

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