Hypoxaemia during pregnancy: pulmonary arteriovenous dilatation as a likely cause

Eur Respir Rev. 2014 Dec;23(134):531-3. doi: 10.1183/09059180.00003514.
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Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Dilatation, Pathologic / complications
  • Dilatation, Pathologic / metabolism
  • Dilatation, Pathologic / pathology
  • Estrogens / metabolism
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hypoxia / diagnosis*
  • Hypoxia / etiology*
  • Hypoxia / metabolism
  • Lung / blood supply*
  • Lung / metabolism
  • Lung / pathology
  • Oxygen / metabolism
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular / diagnosis*
  • Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular / etiology*
  • Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular / metabolism
  • Pulmonary Artery / metabolism
  • Pulmonary Artery / pathology
  • Pulmonary Artery / physiopathology
  • Pulmonary Veins / metabolism
  • Pulmonary Veins / pathology
  • Pulmonary Veins / physiopathology
  • Respiratory Function Tests
  • Vascular Diseases / complications*
  • Vascular Diseases / metabolism
  • Vascular Diseases / pathology

Substances

  • Estrogens
  • Oxygen