Effect of high-altitude exposure in the elderly: The Tenth Mountain Division study

Circulation

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1224-1232

  Levine, Benjamin D ^a,b   Zuckerman, Julie H ^c   DeFilippi, Christopher R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL OF DALLAS   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Aging; Coronary disease; Exercise; Hypoxia; Physiology

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALTITUDE ACCLIMATIZATION; ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; HEART WORK; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; MALE; MOUNTAINEERING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; SYMPATHETIC TONE;

EID: 0030838771     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.96.4.1224     Document Type: Article

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