SMALL PULMONARY ARTERIES OF LLAMA AND OTHER DOMESTIC ANIMALS NATIVE TO HIGH ALTITUDES

被引：29

作者：

HEATH, D

CASTILLO, Y

ARIASSTE.

HARRIS, P

机构：

[1] Departments of Pathology and Medicine, University of Birmingham, England

[2] High Altitudes Research Institute, Peruvian University of Medical and Biological Sciences, Lima

来源：

CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH | 1969年 / 3卷 / 01期

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D O I：

10.1093/cvr/3.1.75

中图分类号：

R5 [内科学];

学科分类号：

1002 ; 100201 ;

摘要：

Authors' Synopsis: The walls of the small pulmonary arteries of the llama are thinner than those of other domestic animals native to the Peruvian Andes. It is suggested that this may be of evolutionary significance in respect of survival at high altitude.

引用

页码：75 / &

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