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collateral ventilation

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collateral ventilation,
the ventilation of alveoli in the lungs through indirect pathways, such as Kohn's pores in alveolar septa or anastomosing bronchioles.


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We believe that collateral ventilation is the central issue regulating volume reduction in emphysema, and that it may explain why atelectasis is not always achieved with TPET.
One-Way Valves in Emphysema Treatment: What Should Bronchial Stenting ... by Amarilio Macedo-Neto and Hugo G Oliveira and Nicholas S Hopkinson and Michael I Polkey / American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
Collateral ventilation of units distal to closed airways was invoked as a mechanism explaining the bimodality of the distributions.
Topographic Basis of Bimodal Ventilation-Perfusion Distributions ... by Marcos F Vidal Melo and R Scott Harris and J Dominick H Layfield and Jose G Venegas / American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
Fissures are often incomplete, allowing collateral ventilation to traverse lobes.
Collateral Ventilation, the Bane of Bronchoscopic Volume Reduction by Henry E Fessler / American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
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