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Iron, oxygen, and the pulmonary circulation

The human pulmonary vasculature vasoconstricts in response to a reduction in alveolar oxygen tension, a phenomenon termed hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction (HPV). This review describes the time course of this behavior, which occurs in distinct phases, and then explores the importance for HPV of the...

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Autores principales: Frise, Matthew C., Robbins, Peter A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Physiological Society 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4683351/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26066825
http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/japplphysiol.00179.2015