Autonomic cardiovascular regulation in subjects with acute mountain sickness

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 289, Issue 6 58-6, 2005, Pages

  Lanfranchi, Paola A ^a,b   Colombo, Roberto ^b   Cremona, George ^c   Baderna, Paolo ^b   Spagnolatti, Liliana ^b   Mazzuero, Giorgio ^b   Wagner, Peter ^d   Perini, Liliana ^b   Wagner, Harrieth ^d   Cavallaro, Carmelo ^b   Giannuzzi, Pantaleo ^b  

^a HÔPITAL DU SACRÉ COEUR DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b IRCCS   (Italy)

^c SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Blood pressure; Heart rate; Hypoxia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CHEMORECEPTOR REFLEX; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOXIA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VASOCONSTRICTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; HEART; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 28144432088     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00004.2005     Document Type: Article

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