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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 78, Issue 3 838-846, Copyright © 1995 by American Physiological Society
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J. C. Parker, J. L. Ardell, C. R. Hamm, S. A. Barman and P. J. Coker
Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, University of South Alabama, Mobile 36688, USA.
We assessed the heterogeneity of regional pulmonary blood flow (PBFr), using radioactive microspheres in five unanesthetized dogs standing at rest (Rest), standing at a 45 degrees upward tilt (Tilt), and during moderate treadmill exercise (Exer). The excised lungs were cut into 1-cm3 pieces along transverse, horizontal, and longitudinal planes. Mean PBFr increased from 23.3 ml.min-1.g-1 at Rest to 57.4 ml.min-1.g-1 during Exer, but the relative dispersions were not statistically different between states (47.3-51.9%). A small but significant gravity-dependent gradient in PBFr of < or = 4.7%/cm (r2 < or = 0.118) as well as a PBFr decreasing radial gradient from the lung midpoint of < or = 7.2%/cm (r2 < or = 0.108) were present in all states. PBFr at Rest was highly correlated with those at Tilt (r2 = 0.773) and Exer (r2 = 0.888), and a variable PBFr gradient of < or = 2.5%/cm from base to apex was observed. Fractal dimensions calculated using relative dispersion as a function of aggregated sample size were not significantly different between states and were 1.132 (r2 = 0.987) at Rest, 1.121 (r2 = 0.973) at Tilt, and 1.149 (r2 = 0.986) during Exer. Thus, gravity and centripetal gradients consistently accounted for a maximal difference of only about twofold in PBFr and < 11% of overall PBFr heterogeneity in 1-cm3 samples. Recursive anatomic branching of pulmonary arteries and local mechanical factors apparently account for most of the blood flow heterogeneity in small pieces of lung.
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