Magnetic resonance imaging of uneven pulmonary perfusion in hypoxia in humans

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 174, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1132-1138

  Dehnert, Christoph ^a   Risse, Frank ^b   Ley, Sebastian ^b   Kuder, Tristan A ^b   Buhmann, Ralf ^b   Puderbach, Michael ^b   Menold, Elmar ^b   Mereles, Derliz ^b   Kauczor, Hans Ulrich ^b   Bärtsch, Peter ^b   Fink, Christian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

High altitude pulmonary edema; Hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction; Pulmonary artery pressure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG PERFUSION; LUNG VASOCONSTRICTION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY;

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ANOXIA; HUMANS; LUNG; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY EDEMA; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 33751105005     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 1073449X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.200606-780OC     Document Type: Article

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