Time course of the human pulmonary vascular response to 8 hours of isocapnic hypoxia

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 273, Issue 3 42-3, 1997, Pages

  Dorrington, Keith L ^a   Clar, Christine ^a   Young, J Duncan ^b   Jonas, Maximillian ^b   Tansley, John G ^a   Robbins, Peter A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b RADCLIFFE INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiac output; Hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction; Pulmonary ventilation; Systemic vascular resistance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; END TIDAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; HEART OUTPUT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOXIC LUNG VASOCONSTRICTION; LUNG VASCULAR RESISTANCE; LUNG VENTILATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN TENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMIC VASCULAR RESISTANCE; THERMISTOR; THERMODILUTION; TIME;

EID: 33751261878     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1997.273.3.h1126     Document Type: Article

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