a: Gross anatomy of lung and thorax. b ... increases in the pressures of the relatively compliant pulmonary vascular bed. However, severe hypoxia can lead to significant vasoconstriction and ...

The definition of pulmonary vascular disease is simple: any condition that affects the blood vessels along the route between the heart and lungs. Blood travels from the heart, to the lungs ...

Both can be associated with severe hypoxemia caused by pulmonary vascular dilatation, which may be diffuse or discrete in nature. In a homogeneous lung with uniform alveolar ventilation and ...

This was used to create functional complex vascular architectures with ... and air passages that characterize the human lung’s alveolar sac anatomy. It is hoped that the new technology will ...

In 2008, the researchers discovered a ligand peptide that bound to the surface of lung vascular endothelial cells and could deliver a cell death notice directly to the lungs in mice. However ...