Response of the Heart and Pulmonary Arteries to Hypoxia, Pressure, and Volume. A Short Review

The pulmonary arterioles react to hypoxia by contraction and to increased pressure and volume by hypertrophy of the muscular wall, referred to as pulmonary vascular remodeling, both of which increase vascular resistance and result in increased pulmonary arterial pressure. Heart muscle reacts to incr...

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