Pulmonary circulation at high altitude

Respiration

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 429-434

  Naeije, Robert ^a  

^a ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Altitude; Chronic mountain sickness; High altitude pulmonary edema; Hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction; Pulmonary circulation; Pulmonary hypertension; Right heart failure; Subacute mountain sickness

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE ACCLIMATIZATION; ALTITUDE DISEASE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HYPOXIC LUNG VASOCONSTRICTION; LUNG CIRCULATION; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG VASCULAR RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; REVIEW;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; ANOXIA; HUMANS; PULMONARY CIRCULATION; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 0030712990     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: 14230356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000196719     Document Type: Article

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