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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Oct 24.
Published in final edited form as: Compr Physiol. 2012 Jan 1;2(1):711–741. doi: 10.1002/cphy.c100091

Figure 17.

Figure 17

Mean pulmonary artery pressure (Ppa) as a function of cardiac output (Q) at exercise in healthy subjects at sea level, barometric pressure (Pb) 760 mmHg, and after acclimatization at two levels of simulated altitudes. Baseline Ppa and the slope of Ppa-Q increase with altitude. From reference 73.