High-altitude pulmonary edema is initially caused by an increase in capillary pressure

Circulation

Volumn 103, Issue 16, 2001, Pages 2078-2083

  Maggiorini, M ^a   Melot C ^a   Pierre, S ^a   Pfeiffer, F ^a   Greve, I ^a   Sartori, C ^a   Lepori, M ^a   Hauser, M ^a   Scherrer, U ^a   Naeije, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Capillaries; Edema; Lung

Indexed keywords

GALLIUM; TRANSFERRIN;

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY PRESSURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; HYPOXIA; ISOTOPE LABELING; LUNG ARTERY; LUNG CAPILLARY; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; MOUNTAINEERING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 0035942152     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.103.16.2078     Document Type: Article

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