Enhanced central and conduit pulmonary arterial reservoir function offsets reduced ductal systolic outflow during constriction of the fetal ductus arteriosus

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 302, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

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

^a MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Pulmonary blood flow; Pulmonary hemodynamics; Pulsatility index; Right ventricular output; Wave intensity analysis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTERY CONSTRICTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CARDIOPULMONARY FUNCTION; CARDIOPULMONARY HEMODYNAMICS; CONDUIT PULMONARY ARTERIAL RESERVOIR FUNCTION; DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; FETUS; HEMODYNAMICS; LUNG BLOOD FLOW; LUNG HEMODYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY VALVE; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; AORTA; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; FEMALE; FETUS; MODELS, ANIMAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY CIRCULATION; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SHEEP; SYSTOLE;

EID: 84255184253     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00459.2011     Document Type: Article

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