Prolonged ECG abnormalities in a subject with High Altitude Pulmonary Edema (HAPE)

Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 292-296

  Fiorenzano, G ^a   Papalia, M A ^a   Parravicini, M ^a   Rastelli, V ^a   Bigi, R ^a   Dottorini, M ^b  

^a Azienda Ospedaliera E Morelli   (Italy)

^b Ospedale Silvestrini   (Italy)

Author keywords

Altitude; Electrocardiography; Nifedipine; Pulmonary edema, etiology

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CLARITHROMYCIN; NIFEDIPINE; OXYGEN;

ADULT; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; COUGHING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEVER; HEADACHE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OVERLOAD; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LUNG EDEMA; MALE; NEUTROPHILIA; OXYGEN THERAPY; PULSE OXIMETRY; REPOLARIZATION; T WAVE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; ANOXEMIA; ANOXIA; ARRHYTHMIA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; MALE; MOUNTAINEERING; PULMONARY EDEMA; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 0031404473     PISSN: 00224707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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