Status of the capillary endothelium of the lung in normovolemic perfusion of the organ through the system of the pulmonary artery

Pulmonary perfusion for 30 min to the dog under conditions of normovolemia is not accompanied with any essential changes in parameters of alveolar capillaries endothelium. Just the opposite, transformation of endothelial lining of the peribronchial capillaries demonstrates possible disturbances of the liquor transport across the walls of these vessels. The volumetric part of the interstitial space near these capillaries increases, while in the alveolar septa it does not change. In lymph formation, flowing out of the lung, together with bronchial capillaries, blood capillaries of the alveoli must take part.