Pulmonary Vascular Physiology and Pathophysiology
Series: Lung Biology in Health and Disease
Publisher: Informa Healthcare
Published: December 21, 1988
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 784
ISBN-13: 9780824779726
Subjects: Anatomy; Pathology; Physiology; Pulmonary & Thoracic Medicine; Hypertensive Diseases; Respiratory Diseases; Medical; Medical / Nursing; etiology; Health/Fitness; Pulmonary circulation; Medical / Pulmonary & Thoracic Medicine; Hypertension, Pulmonary; Pathophysiology; Pulmonary hypertension
First sentence: Lungs were undoubtedly existent in many primitive fishes as long ago as the Devonian period, and their available service for respiratory gas exchange was a crucial feature for survival when the oxygen supply from the water became limited due to rising temperature and widespread organic decay.