Ventilation-Perfusion Ratio

"Ventilation-Perfusion Ratio" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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The ratio of alveolar ventilation to simultaneous alveolar capillary blood flow in any part of the lung. (Stedman, 25th ed)

Descriptor ID	D014692
MeSH Number(s)	E01.370.386.700.650.900 G09.772.920
Concept/Terms	Ventilation-Perfusion Ratio Ventilation-Perfusion Ratio Ratio, Ventilation-Perfusion Ratios, Ventilation-Perfusion Ventilation Perfusion Ratio Ventilation-Perfusion Ratios

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Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment [E]
Diagnosis [E01]
Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures [E01.370]
Diagnostic Techniques, Respiratory System [E01.370.386]
Respiratory Function Tests [E01.370.386.700]
Pulmonary Gas Exchange [E01.370.386.700.650]
Ventilation-Perfusion Ratio [E01.370.386.700.650.900]
Biological Sciences [G]
Circulatory and Respiratory Physiological Phenomena [G09]
Respiratory Physiological Phenomena [G09.772]
Ventilation-Perfusion Ratio [G09.772.920]

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1994	0	1	1
1997	0	1	1
2001	1	0	1
2002	1	0	1
2003	1	0	1
2005	0	1	1
2006	0	1	1
2011	0	1	1

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Harris RS, Venegas JG, Wongviriyawong C, Winkler T, Kone M, Musch G, Vidal Melo MF, de Prost N, Hamilos DL, Afshar R, Cho J, Luster AD, Medoff BD. 18F-FDG uptake rate is a biomarker of eosinophilic inflammation and airway response in asthma. J Nucl Med. 2011 Nov; 52(11):1713-20.

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Harris RS, Winkler T, Tgavalekos N, Musch G, Melo MF, Schroeder T, Chang Y, Venegas JG. Regional pulmonary perfusion, inflation, and ventilation defects in bronchoconstricted patients with asthma. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2006 Aug 01; 174(3):245-53.

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Richter T, Bellani G, Scott Harris R, Vidal Melo MF, Winkler T, Venegas JG, Musch G. Effect of prone position on regional shunt, aeration, and perfusion in experimental acute lung injury. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2005 Aug 15; 172(4):480-7.

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Vidal Melo MF, Layfield D, Harris RS, O'Neill K, Musch G, Richter T, Winkler T, Fischman AJ, Venegas JG. Quantification of regional ventilation-perfusion ratios with PET. J Nucl Med. 2003 Dec; 44(12):1982-91.

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Mai VM, Liu B, Polzin JA, Li W, Kurucay S, Bankier AA, Knight-Scott J, Madhav P, Edelman RR, Chen Q. Ventilation-perfusion ratio of signal intensity in human lung using oxygen-enhanced and arterial spin labeling techniques. Magn Reson Med. 2002 Aug; 48(2):341-50.

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Mai VM, Bankier AA, Prasad PV, Li W, Storey P, Edelman RR, Chen Q. MR ventilation-perfusion imaging of human lung using oxygen-enhanced and arterial spin labeling techniques. J Magn Reson Imaging. 2001 Nov; 14(5):574-9.

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Bankier AA, Janata K, Fleischmann D, Kreuzer S, Mallek R, Frossard M, Domanovits H, Herold CJ. Severity assessment of acute pulmonary embolism with spiral CT: evaluation of two modified angiographic scores and comparison with clinical data. J Thorac Imaging. 1997 Apr; 12(2):150-8.

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Pereira MA, Freedson PS, Maliszewski AF. Intraindividual variation during inclined steady-rate treadmill running. Res Q Exerc Sport. 1994 Jun; 65(2):184-8.

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Simkin PH, Licho R, Brill AB. Pulmonary nuclear medicine. Curr Opin Radiol. 1991 Dec; 3(6):859-70.

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Gehshan A, Feisal KA, Balikian J, Fuleihan FJ. Kyphoscoliosis pulmonary function in 10 cases. J Med Liban. 1980; 31(3):259-68.

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