Hypoxic Pulmonary Vasoconstriction in Human Lungs

Kristina Hambraeus-Jonzon, L. Bindslev, Åse Jolin Mellgård, Göran Hedenstierna

Anesthesiology · 1997 · 63 citations · 27 references

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Abstract

A stimulus-response relation between graded hypoxia and blood flow diversion defines hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction in the normal human lung. Hyperoxia has no significant effect on vascular resistance in the normal human lung.

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