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J Appl Physiol 77: 1834-1839, 1994;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 77, Issue 4 1834-1839, Copyright © 1994 by American Physiological Society

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Effect of pulmonary blood flow on microvascular pressure profile determined by micropuncture in perfused cat lungs

Y. Nagasaka, M. Ishigaki, H. Okazaki, J. Huang, M. Matsuda, T. Noguchi, H. Toga, T. Fukunaga, S. Nakajima and N. Ohya
Fourth Department of Medicine, Kinki University School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.

To clarify the role of the pulmonary microvasculature in adjusting to increased pulmonary blood flow, we measured arteriolar and venular pressure by the servo-null micropuncture method while changing the pulmonary blood flow in isolated perfused cat lungs. We divided the lung vasculature into three longitudinal segments: 1) arterial (pulmonary artery to 30- to 50-microns arteriole), 2) microvascular (between 30- to 50-microns arteriole and venule), and 3) venous (30- to 50-microns venule to left atrium). The vascular resistance was calculated by dividing the pressure gradient by the flow. The pressure gradient of the microvascular segment did not increase, whereas the pressure gradient of the arterial and venous segments increased simultaneously with flow rate. Total and microvascular resistance decreased with increase of flow rate. Resistances of the arterial and venous segments did not change with increase in flow. We conclude that the microvasculature plays a crucial role in preventing pulmonary hypertension with increases in flow by decreasing microvascular resistance.


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