Pulmonary hypertension and anesthesia.

نویسندگان

  • Roland N Kaddoum
  • Kamal Mubarak
  • Elie Joseph Chidiac
چکیده

Pulmonary circulation is a high flow, low resistance circuit capable of accommodating the entire right ventricular output at one-fifth the pressure of the systemic circulation. This is due to the higher compliance of the pulmonary circulation compared to the systemic circulation. Normal pulmonary arterial pressure (PAP) is 18-30/4-14 mmHg, and normal mean pulmonary arterial pressure (mPAP) is 12-16 mmHg.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Middle East journal of anaesthesiology

دوره 18 6  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2006