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Monday, 14 June 2004 15:31When the newborn takes its first breath, pulmonary vascular resistance falls due to physical opening of the pulmonary capillaries and atenuation of intrauterine hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction.
—from the Wikipedia article on the ductus arteriosus
My first reaction was something along the lines of "I was with you until the first comma."