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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1979-10-24
pubmed:abstractText
Hypoxia has been shown to cause an increased number of pulmonary capillaries to be perfused. Changes in cardiac output and left atrial pressure have been previously ruled out as causes of this capillary recruitment. Increased pulmonary vein pressure and increased pulmonary artery pressure remain as two potential mechanisms. To differentiate between these two possible causes, we measured pulmonary artery and vein pressures with directly placed catheters and capillary recruitment with in vivo microscopy. During isocapnic hypoxia pulmonary artery pressure doubled, observed capillary recruitment increased fivefold, and pulmonary vein pressure remained constant. When the vasodilator prostaglandin E1 was infused during hypoxia, pulmonary artery pressure and capillary recruitment fell to control values and pulmonary vein pressure remained constant. Since capillary recruitment correlated with pulmonary artery pressure in each dog, but not with pulmonary vein pressure, we conclude that arterial, not venous, constriction is the probable cause of this recruitment.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0161-7567
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
47
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
383-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1979
pubmed:articleTitle
Capillary recruitment during airway hypoxia: role of pulmonary artery pressure.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.