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Mechanisms of hypoxaemia in severe pulmonary hypertension associated with COPD

  • Lucilla Piccari
  • , Isabel Blanco
  • , Yolanda Torralba
  • , Ebymar Arismendi
  • , Concepción Gistau
  • , Ana Ramírez
  • , Elena Gimeno-Santos
  • , Josep Roca
  • , Felip Burgos
  • , Roberto Rodríguez-Roisín
  • , Joan Albert Barberà

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Abstract

Severe hypoxaemia, characteristic of COPD with severe pulmonary hypertension, is due to a combination of greater ventilation–perfusion mismatch, increased intrapulmonary shunt and reduced PvO2, with negligible hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction regulation
Original languageEnglish
Article number2300463
Pages (from-to)1-5
Number of pages5
JournalEuropean Respiratory Journal
Volume62
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jul 2023

Keywords

  • COPD
  • Pulmonary hypertension
  • Hypoxaemia

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