Oxygen therapy may worsen the survival rate in rats with monocrotaline-induced pulmonary arterial hypertension.

Although oxygen therapy rapidly improves arterial oxygen saturation in idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension, the effects of chronic administration of oxygen are unknown. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effects of chronic oxygen therapy on the histological changes and su...

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Main Authors: Naoto Fujita, Natsuki Yamasaki, Kanako Eto, Makoto Asaeda, Wataru Kuwahara, Hidetaka Imagita
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6147559?pdf=render