Influence of lung volume on pulmonary microvascular pressure-volume characteristics.
Influence of lung volume on pulmonary microvascular pressure-volume characteristics.
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肺容量对肺微血管压力-容量特性的影响。
DOI:
10.1152/jappl.2000.89.4.1591
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发表时间:
2000
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Butler,JP
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作者:
Topulos,GP;Brown,RE;Butler,JP
The pressure-volume (P-V) characteristics of the lung microcirculation are important determinants of the pattern of pulmonary perfusion and of red and white cell transit times. Using diffuse light scattering, we measured capillary P-V loops in seven excised perfused dog lobes at four lung volumes, from functional residual capacity (FRC) to total lung capacity (TLC), over a wide range of vascular transmural pressures (Ptm). At Ptm 5 cmH2O, specific compliance of the microvasculature was 8.6%/cmH2O near FRC, decreasing to 2.7%/cmH2O as lung volume increased to TLC. At low lung volumes, the vasculature showed signs of strain stiffening (specific compliance fell as Ptm rose), but stiffening decreased as lung volume increased and was essentially absent at TLC. The P-V loops were smooth without sharp transitions, consistent with vascular distension as the primary mode of changes in vascular volume with changes in Ptm. Hysteresis was small (0.013) at all lung volumes, suggesting that, although surface tension may set basal capillary shape, it does not strongly affect capillary compliance.