The influence of hemoconcentration on hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction in acute, prolonged, and lifelong hypoxemia

Mike Stembridge, Ryan L. Hoiland, Alexandra M. Williams, Connor A. Howe, Joseph Donnelly, Tony G. Dawkins, Aimee Drane, Michael M. Tymko, Christopher Gasho, James Anholm, Lydia L. Simpson, Jonathan P. Moore, Damian M. Bailey, David B. MacLeod, Philip N. Ainslie

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Abstract

Red blood cell concentration influences the pulmonary vasculature via direct frictional force and vasoactive signaling, but whether the magnitude of the response is modified with duration of exposure is not known. By assessing the pulmonary vascular response to hemodilution in acute normobaric and prolonged hypobaric hypoxia in lowlanders and lifelong hypobaric hypoxemia in Andean natives, we demonstrated that a reduction in red cell concentration augments the vasoconstrictive effects of hypoxia in lowlanders. In high-altitude natives, hemodilution lowered pulmonary vascular resistance, but a compensatory increase in cardiac output following hemodilution rendered PASP unchanged.
Original languageEnglish
Article number00357
Pages (from-to)H738-H747
Number of pages10
JournalAmerican Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology
Volume321
Issue number4
Early online date28 Sep 2021
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Oct 2021

Keywords

  • hemodilution
  • hypoxia
  • hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction
  • pulmonary pressure
  • viscosity

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