Influence of sildenafil on lung diffusion during exposure to acute hypoxia at rest and during exercise in healthy humans

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 421-430

  Snyder, Eric M ^a   Olson, Thomas P ^b   Johnson, Bruce D ^b   Frantz, Robert P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Hypoxia; Membrane diffusion; Pulmonary blood volume; Viagra

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; OXYGEN; PLACEBO; SILDENAFIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VOLUME; CAPILLARY BLOOD; CAPILLARY WALL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOXIA; LUNG ALVEOLUS; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG BLOOD VOLUME; LUNG CAPILLARY; LUNG DIFFUSION CAPACITY; MALE; MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN SATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REST;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANOXIA; CAPILLARIES; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; CYCLIC GMP; ENDOTHELIN-1; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, BRAIN; OXYGEN; PIPERAZINES; PULMONARY ALVEOLI; PULMONARY CIRCULATION; PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE; PURINES; REST; STROKE VOLUME; SULFONES; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 43149118776     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-008-0735-5     Document Type: Article

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