Pulmonary Circulation

A methodological approach for quantifying and characterizing the stability of agitated saline contrast: implications for quantifying intrapulmonary shunt.
Agitated saline contrast echocardiography is often used to determine blood flow through intrapulmonary arteriovenous anastomoses …
Heather K Hackett, Lindsey M Boulet, Paolo B Dominelli, Glen E Foster
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Resting pulmonary haemodynamics and shunting: a comparison of sea-level inhabitants to high altitude Sherpas
The incidence of blood flow through intracardiac shunt and intrapulmonary arteriovenous anastomoses (IPAVA) may differ between Sherpas …
Glen E. Foster, Philip N. Ainslie, Mike Stembridge, Trevor A. Day, Akke Bakker, Samuel J. E. Lucas, Nia C. S. Lewis, David B. MacLeod, Andrew T. Lovering
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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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