Pulmonary atelectasis associated with relative hyperperfusion

✍ Scribed by Joel M. Rosen; Benjamin M. Rommey

• Book ID: 104682717
• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 1988
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 218 KB
• Volume: 14
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0340-6997
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00251789

✦ Synopsis

Perfusion is usually diminished to areas of the lung that are poorly ventilated. A case is presented which demonstrates not only preservation of perfusion, but also an apparent increase in relative perfusion to an atelectatic lobe.