Microsphere measurement of myocardial capillary bed in hypoxic rats.
Rats exposed to hypobaric hypoxia for 24 h showed a significant increase in the number of perfused capillaries and in the number of radioactive microspheres trapped in the coronary circulation.
D000818:Animals; D002196:Capillaries / Q000503:physiopathology*; D003326:Coronary Circulation; D006321:Heart / Q000503:physiopathology; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D008863:Microspheres; D009929:Organ Size; D051381:Rats