Effects of altitude and exercise on pulmonary capillary integrity: Evidence for subclinical high-altitude pulmonary edema

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 972-980

  Eldridge, Marlowe W ^a,b,c   Braun, Ruedi K ^b   Yoneda, Ken Y ^d   Walby, William F ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bronchoalveolar lavage; Hypoxia; Pulmonary gas exchange; Vascular endothelial growth factor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERGOMETRY; ERYTHROCYTE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOXIA; LUNG CAPILLARY; LUNG EDEMA; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; MICROCIRCULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANOXIA; ANTHROPOMETRY; BLOOD FLOW; CAPILLARY; CELL COUNT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; CYTOLOGY; EXERCISE TEST; LUNG; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG LAVAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TIME; VASCULARIZATION; VASOCONSTRICTION;

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANOXIA; ANTHROPOMETRY; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CAPILLARIES; CELL COUNT; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; ERYTHROCYTES; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY EDEMA; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; TIME FACTORS; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 33645647191     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01048.2005     Document Type: Article

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