Extent to which pulmonary vascular responses to PCO2 and PO 2 play a functional role within the healthy human lung

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 108, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1084-1096

  Dorrington, Keith L ^a   Balanos, George M ^a   Talbot, Nick P ^a   Robbins, Peter A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Oxygen; Pulmonary circulation; Ventilation perfusion matching

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; OXYGEN;

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD; BLOOD FLOW; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; HYPERVENTILATION; HYPOCAPNIA; LUNG; LUNG CIRCULATION; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; MALE; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; REFERENCE VALUE; TIME; VASCULARIZATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; CARBON DIOXIDE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYPERCAPNIA; HYPERVENTILATION; HYPOCAPNIA; LUNG; MALE; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; OXYGEN; PARTIAL PRESSURE; PULMONARY CIRCULATION; REFERENCE VALUES; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; STROKE VOLUME; TIME FACTORS; VENTILATION-PERFUSION RATIO; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951970266     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.90963.2008     Document Type: Article

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