Alveolar diffusion-perfusion interactions during high-altitude residence in guinea pigs

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2179-2185

  Yilmaz, Cuneyt ^a   Dane, D Merrill ^a   Hsia, Connie C W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic hypoxia; Lung volume; Membrane diffusing capacity; Pulmonary blood flow; Pulmonary capillary blood volume

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE;

ALTITUDE ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GUINEA PIG; HEMATOCRIT; LUNG ALVEOLUS; LUNG BLOOD FLOW; LUNG DIFFUSION; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG PERFUSION; LUNG VOLUME; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REBREATHING; REST; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; CARBON DIOXIDE; DIFFUSION; GUINEA PIGS; MALE; PULMONARY ALVEOLI; PULMONARY CIRCULATION; PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE;

EID: 34447509813     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00059.2007     Document Type: Article

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