Atelectasis causes vascular leak and lethal right ventricular failure in uninjured rat lungs.

Duggan, Michelle

Atelectasis causes vascular leak and lethal right ventricular failure in uninjured rat lungs. [electronic resource] - American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine Jun 2003 - 1633-40 p. digital

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

1073-449X

10.1164/rccm.200210-1215OC doi


Animals
Blood Gas Analysis
Capillary Leak Syndrome--etiology
Disease Models, Animal
Echocardiography
Functional Residual Capacity
Heart Arrest--etiology
Heart Failure--diagnosis
Lactic Acid--blood
Laparotomy
Lung Compliance
Male
Positive-Pressure Respiration--adverse effects
Pulmonary Atelectasis--complications
Pulmonary Circulation
Random Allocation
Rats
Rats, Sprague-Dawley
Respiration, Artificial--adverse effects
Respiratory Distress Syndrome--complications
Survival Analysis
Vascular Resistance
Ventricular Dysfunction, Right--diagnosis