In dictionaries:
Reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome
(RCVS, sometimes called Call-Fleming syndrome) a disease characterized by a weeks-long course of thunderclap headaches, sometimes focal neurologic signs, and occasionally seizures.
Hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction
Hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction, also known as the Euler-Liljestrand mechanism, is a physiological phenomenon in which small pulmonary arteries constrict in the presence of alveolar hypoxia (low oxygen levels).
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