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Cardiovascular Function and Pulmonary Gas Exchange

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Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine

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There has currently been an increased awareness of the clinical importance of the close anatomic and functional interdependance of the heart and the lungs, particularly in patients with acute respiratory failure [1]. Of course the role of the cardiovascular system in the transport of respiratory gases from and to the tissues had been defined long ago [2]. But it is now better appreciated that disturbances in lung and thorax mechanics markedly influence the function of the heart [3, 4], and also that changes in pulmonary blood flow and vascular tone are associated with significant modifications in gas exchange [5].

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  1. Department of Intensive Care, Erasme Hospital, Free University of Brussels, Route de Lennik 808, B-1070, Brussels, Belgium

    J. L. Vincent

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Naeije, R. (1984). Cardiovascular Function and Pulmonary Gas Exchange. In: Vincent, J.L. (eds) Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine. Anaesthesiologie und Intensivmedizin / Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, vol 167. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-69720-3_36

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