Intrapulmonary and intracardiac shunting with exercise at altitude

Wilderness and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 199-204

  Imray, Chris H E ^a   Pattinson, Kyle T S ^b   Myers, Steve ^c   Chan, Colin W ^d   Hoar, Helen ^d   Brearey, Steve ^e   Collins, Phil ^f   Wright, Alex D ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS COVENTRY AND WARWICKSHIRE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^f ScanMed Medical Instruments   (United Kingdom)

^g NONE

Author keywords

Altitude; Exercise; Intracardiac shunting; Intrapulmonary shunting; Transcranial Doppler

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART RIGHT LEFT SHUNT; HEART SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; MALE; MICROBUBBLE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; OXYGENATION; PATENT FORAMEN OVALE; PREVALENCE; PULMONARY SHUNT; REST;

EID: 55849121237     PISSN: 10806032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1580/07-WEME-BR-162.1     Document Type: Article

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