What does HPV stand for?

Hypoxic Pulmonary Vasoconstriction

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Samples in periodicals archive:

Protein kinases in vascular smooth muscle tone-role in the pulmonary vasculature and hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction.

Downregulation of human endothelial nitric oxide synthase promoter ...

This action improves blood flow to ventilated alveoli resulting in reduced pulmonary shunting, decreased pulmonary vascular resistance, decreased pulmonary artery pressure, reversing of hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction in an obstructed airway which improves V/Q mismatching and an increase/improvement in oxygenation.

Current treatment of persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn

It seemed likely that nocturnal hypoxia caused hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction, eventually leading to sustained pulmonary hypertension.

Inflammatory aspects of sleep apnea and their cardiovascular ...