Pulmonary Vascular Congestion: A Mechanism for Distal Lung Unit Dysfunction in Obesity

RATIONALE: Obesity is characterized by increased systemic and pulmonary blood volumes (pulmonary vascular congestion). Concomitant abnormal alveolar membrane diffusion suggests subclinical interstitial edema. In this setting, functional abnormalities should encompass the entire distal lung including...

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Autores principales: Oppenheimer, Beno W., Berger, Kenneth I., Ali, Saleem, Segal, Leopoldo N., Donnino, Robert, Katz, Stuart, Parikh, Manish, Goldring, Roberta M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4817979/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27035663
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0152769

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4817979/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27035663
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0152769

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