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This website, from the National Library of Medicine, provides information about the physiology of pulmonary ventilation and perfusion. It covers topics such as the mechanism of gas exchange in the lungs, the role of the cardiovascular system in pulmonary circulation, the concept of the ventilation/perfusion (V/Q) ratio, related testing methods like DLCO and MIGET, and the pathophysiology of V/Q mismatches in various clinical conditions.
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This website, from the National Library of Medicine, provides information about the physiology of pulmonary ventilation and perfusion. It covers topics such as the mechanism of gas exchange in the lungs, the role of the cardiovascular system in pulmonary circulation, the concept of the ventilation/perfusion (V/Q) ratio, related testing methods like DLCO and MIGET, and the pathophysiology of V/Q mismatches in various clinical conditions.
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