acetazolamide

Attenuation of human hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction by acetazolamide and methazolamide
RATIONALE: Acetazolamide, a carbonic anhydrase inhibitor used for preventing altitude illness attenuates hypoxic pulmonary …
Lindsey M. Boulet, Luc J. Teppema, Heather K. Hackett, Paolo B. Dominelli, William Spencer Cheyne, Giulio S. Dominelli, David C. Irwin, Paul W. Buehler, Jin Hyen Baek, Erik Richard Swenson, Glen Edward Foster
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Hypoxia, not pulmonary vascular pressure, induces blood flow through intrapulmonary arteriovenous anastomoses.
KEY POINTS:Blood flow through intrapulmonary arteriovenous anastomoses (IPAVA) is increased by acute hypoxia during rest by unknown …
Joshua C Tremblay, Andrew T Lovering, Philip N Ainslie, Mike Stembridge, Keith R Burgess, Akke Bakker, Joseph Donnelly, Samuel J E Lucas, Nia C S Lewis, Paolo B Dominelli, William R Henderson, Giulio S Dominelli, A William Sheel, Glen E Foster
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Effects of acetazolamide on ventilatory, cerebrovascular, and pulmonary vascular responses to hypoxia.
RATIONALE: Acute mountain sickness (AMS) may affect individuals who (rapidly) ascend to altitudes higher than 2,000-3,000 m. A more …
Luc J Teppema, George M Balanos, Craig D Steinback, Allison D Brown, Glen E Foster, Henry J Duff, Richard Leigh, Marc J Poulin
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