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From: The Key Roles of Negative Pressure Breathing and Exercise in the Development of Interstitial Pulmonary Edema in Professional Male SCUBA Divers

Fig. 3

ULC score according to a the rise in right atrial area, b the rise in TAPSE, c the plasma concentration of Nt-proANP, d the rise in RV/LV ratio, and e the power of breathing, after the exercise dives. ULC score, extravascular lung water score, according to the number of ultrasound lung comet tails. ∆% RA area, percent change from predive in right atrial area; ∆% TAPSE, percent change from predive in tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion; ANP, Nt-proANP plasma concentration at the end of dive; RV/LV, ratio of right to left ventricle end-diastolic area. Empty circles, ExPPB, i.e., setting of positive transpulmonary pressure breathing; full circles, ExNPB, i.e., setting of negative transpulmonary pressure breathing

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