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J Appl Physiol (1985)
May 2018
Department of Kinesiology, Recreation, and Sport, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, Indiana.
Blood flow through intrapulmonary arteriovenous anastomoses (Q) occurs in healthy humans at rest and during exercise when breathing hypoxic gas mixtures at sea level and may be a source of right-to-left shunt. However, at high altitudes, Q is reduced compared with sea level, as detected using transthoracic saline contrast echocardiography (TTSCE). It remains unknown whether the reduction in Q (i.
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