The pulmonary circulation and exercise responses in the elderly

Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 528-538

  Taylor, Bryan J ^a   Johnson, Bruce D ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; exercise; gas exchange; pulmonary circulation

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

AEROBIC CAPACITY; AGED; AGING; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; BREATHING MUSCLE; DETERIORATION; EXERCISE; EXPIRATORY FLOW; HEART FAILURE; HEART OUTPUT; HUMAN; HYPERINFLATION; LUNG ALVEOLUS CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; LUNG BLOOD FLOW; LUNG BLOOD VESSEL; LUNG CIRCULATION; LUNG COMPLIANCE; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; LUNG HEMODYNAMICS; LUNG PERFUSION; LUNG STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENESCENCE; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

AGED; AGING; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; LUNG; PULMONARY CIRCULATION; PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE; PULMONARY VENTILATION;

EID: 77958142820     PISSN: 10693424     EISSN: 10989048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1265894     Document Type: Review

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