ECG of a record everest Sherpa climber [3]

High Altitude Medicine and Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 259-260

  Garrido, Eduardo ^a   Javierre, Casimiro ^a   Segura, Ramon ^a   Ventura, Jose L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTITUDE ACCLIMATIZATION; ALTITUDE DISEASE; CASE REPORT; COR PULMONALE; ECG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OVERLOAD; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; MALE; MOUNTAINEERING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ALTITUDE; ANOXIA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUNTAINEERING; TIBET;

EID: 0041629223     PISSN: 15270297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/152702903322022866     Document Type: Letter

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