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Assessment of Pulmonary Capillary Blood Volume, Membrane Diffusing Capacity, and Intrapulmonary Arteriovenous Anastomoses During Exercise
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Assessment of Pulmonary Capillary Blood Volume, Membrane Diffusing Capacity, and Intrapulmonary Arteriovenous Anastomoses During Exercise

Published on: February 20, 2017

Mixed venous PO2 during exercise in patients with different cardiopulmonary function

F Lang, S Daum

    Respiration; International Review of Thoracic Diseases
    |May 1, 1983
    PubMed
    Summary

    Mixed venous PO2 (PvO2) reflects peripheral oxygen supply and is influenced by oxygen capacity, and lung and heart function. Low resting or exercise PvO2 values signal potential cardiac or pulmonary limitations.

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