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J Appl Physiol 88: 120-125, 2000;
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Vol. 88, Issue 1, 120-125, January 2000

Effect of zonal conditions and posture on pulmonary blood flow distribution to subpleural and interior lung

W. J. E. Lamm1 and R. K. Albert2

1 Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98105; and 2 Medical Service, Denver Health Medical Center, and Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado 80204-4507

Observations made on vessels seen directly beneath the pleura may not accurately reflect what occurs in vessels located deeper in the interior of the lung. We quantified flow to subpleural and deeper, interior regions under zone 1 or 2 conditions in excised (n = 5) and in vivo (n = 6) rabbit lungs, in the head-up or inverted position. After infusion of radiolabeled microspheres, lungs were dried at alveolar pressure of 25 cmH2O and sliced in 1-cm sections along the gravitational plane and in three planes in the dorsal-ventral axis. Regions located <1 mm from the pleural surface were dissected away from the remaining tissue. In both zonal conditions, 1) weight-normalized flow to the interior exceeded that found in subpleural regions; and 2) flow followed the gravitational gradient, with the correlation varying with the scale of measurement. We conclude that flow through subpleural vessels is less than that which occurs deeper in the interior, but the regional distributions of flow and the effects of zonal conditions are similar in the two regions.

interdependence; pulmonary circulation; zone 1; alveolar corner vessels; perfusion heterogeneity


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