Hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction as a regulator of alveolar-capillary oxygen flux: A computational model of ventilation-perfusion matching
Fig 9
Effect of the fraction of inspired oxygen on HPV-mediated redistributions in hemodynamics, V/Q matching, and oxygen flux.
(A) Distributions of capillary blood flow; (B) Distributions of V/Q ratios; (C) Distributions of oxygen flux; (D) RBC transit time distributions; (E) Coefficient of variation of blood flow, V/Q ratio, and oxygen flux plotted as a function Fi,O2.