Simultaneous pulmonary trunk and pulmonary arterial wave intensity analysis in fetal lambs: Evidence for cyclical, midsystolic pulmonary vasoconstriction

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 294, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Smolich, Joseph J ^a,b,c   Mynard, Jonathan P ^a,b   Penny, Daniel J ^a,b,c  

^a MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fetal pulmonary blood flow; Fetal pulmonary blood pressure; Fetal pulmonary vascular interaction

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CALCULATION; DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; FETUS; FETUS CIRCULATION; LUNG ARTERY TRUNK; LUNG BLOOD FLOW; LUNG BLOOD VESSEL; LUNG VASOCONSTRICTION; MANOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERIAL WAVE INTENSITY ANALYSIS; PULMONARY ARTERY; SYSTOLE; WAVEFORM; ANIMAL; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; LUNG CIRCULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SHEEP; VASOCONSTRICTION;

ANIMALS; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; FETUS; PREGNANCY; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY CIRCULATION; SHEEP; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 45549109190     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00743.2007     Document Type: Article

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