High-altitude pulmonary hypertension: A pathophysiological entity to different diseases

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1019-1025

  Maggiorini, M ^a   Leon Velarde F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

Author keywords

Chronic mountain sickness; High altitude pulmonary oedema; Monge's disease; Pulmonary hypertension; Right heart failure; Subacute mountain sickness

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HUMAN; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG CAPILLARY PRESSURE; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; NOMENCLATURE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SOUTH AMERICA; TIME;

EID: 0346121613     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.03.00052403     Document Type: Article

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