Pulmonary vasoconstrictor response to acute decrease in blood P50.
Published in Journal of applied physiology: respiratory, environmental and exercise physiology • Feb 1, 1984
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Authors:,
B P Teisseire
C D Soulard
Abstract
The O2 sensor that triggers hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction may be sensitive not only to alveolar hypoxia but also to hypoxia in mixed venous blood. A specific test of the blood contribution would be to lower mixed venous PO2 (PvO2), which can be accomplished by increasing hemoglobin-O2 affinity....
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