Blood Flow Redistribution and Ventilation‐Perfusion Mismatch During Embolic Pulmonary Arterial Occlusion
Open Access
- 1 July 2011
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Pulmonary Circulation
- Vol. 1 (3), 365-376
- https://doi.org/10.4103/2045-8932.87302
Abstract
Acute pulmonary embolism causes redistribution of blood in the lung, which impairs ventilation/perfusion matching and gas exchange and can elevate pulmonary arterial pressure (PAP) by increasing pu...Keywords
Funding Information
- Humanities Research Center, Rice University (09/143)
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