Hypoxic Pulmonary Vasoconstriction in Humans

Hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction is the elegant theory put forward more than six decades ago to explain regional variations in perfusion within the lung in certain animal species in response to localised restrictions in oxygenation. Although considerable progress has been made to describe the phen...

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Main Authors: Priyadharshanan Ariyaratnam, Mahmoud Loubani, Alyn H. Morice
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2013-01-01
Series:BioMed Research International
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/623684