pediatric pulmonary vascular diseases
Pulmonary vascular disease comprises any congenital or acquired pathology of the intrinsic pulmonary vessels with the unique feature of pulmonary arteries carrying unsaturated blood and pulmonary veins carrying oxygenated blood.
See also
- pre-capillary PH
- post-capillary PH
capillary resistance vessels
- pulmonary pre-acinar
- intra-acinar arteries
vasoconstriction
vascular remodelling
thrombosis of small pulmonary arteries
pulmonary vascular resistance
References
Lang IM, Bonderman D, Kneussl M, Marx M. Paediatric pulmonary vascular disease. Paediatr Respir Rev. 2004 Sep;5(3):238-48. PMID: 15276136