Nitric oxide and cardiopulmonary hemodynamics in Tibetan highlanders

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1796-1801

  Hoit, Brian D ^a,d   Dalton, Nancy D ^c   Erzurum, Serpil C ^b   Laskowski, Daniel ^b   Strohl, Kingman P ^a   Beall, Cynthia M ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

High altitude; Hypoxia; Oxygen availability; Oxygen delivery

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE; OXYGEN;

ADULT; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY HEMODYNAMICS; CELL TRANSFER; CHINA; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC ELEVATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG BLOOD FLOW; LUNG BLOOD VESSEL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; OXYGEN SATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; ALTITUDE; ANOXIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE; OXYGEN; PARTIAL PRESSURE; PULMONARY CIRCULATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIBET;

EID: 27544468708     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00205.2005     Document Type: Article

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