[Hemodynamics of the lesser circulation in lung cancer]

Rheographic studies of the lung in 106 lung cancer patients have revealed hypovolemia of the lung involved, which was especially pronounced in central cancer with atelectasis, cancer of the main bronchus, perivascular tumor growth, metastases in the hilar lymph nodes, a concomitant inflammatory process. A complex estimation of the rheopneumogram enable revealing three forms of hemodynamic disturbances in the lesser circulation: hypervolemic, hypovolemic, hypertonic ones.