Lung oedema measurement by capillary filtration coefficient (kfc) in lung blocks preserved with low pottasium dextran, and sildenafil

B. Carlos, A. Nadezhda, S. Avelina, B. Matilde, S. Patricio (Mexico, Mexico)

Source: Annual Congress 2009 - Pulmonary circulation
Session: Pulmonary circulation
Session type: E-Communication Session
Number: 1896
Disease area: Pulmonary vascular diseases

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B. Carlos, A. Nadezhda, S. Avelina, B. Matilde, S. Patricio (Mexico, Mexico). Lung oedema measurement by capillary filtration coefficient (kfc) in lung blocks preserved with low pottasium dextran, and sildenafil. Eur Respir J 2009; 34: Suppl. 53, 1896

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