Effect of altitude on the heart and the lungs

Circulation

Volumn 116, Issue 19, 2007, Pages 2191-2202

  Bärtsch, Peter ^a   Gibbs, J Simon R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Heart diseases; Hypertension, pulmonary; Hypoxia

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE ACCLIMATIZATION; ALTITUDE DISEASE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; BREATHING; CAPILLARY PERMEABILITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CIRCULATION; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXERCISE; HEART FAILURE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART INNERVATION; HEART OUTPUT; HEART RATE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE PRESSURE; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HEART VENTRICLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; HYPERTENSION; HYPOXIA; LUNG ARTERY; LUNG CAPILLARY PRESSURE; LUNG CIRCULATION; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG VASOCONSTRICTION; MOUNTAINEERING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RESPIRATORY ALKALOSIS; REVIEW; SYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; VASODILATATION;

ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; ANOXIA; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY;

EID: 35848966135     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.106.650796     Document Type: Review

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