NT-proBNP does not rise on acute ascent to high altitude

High Altitude Medicine and Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 307-310

  Toshner, Mark R ^a   Thompson, A A Roger ^b   Irving, John B ^c   Baillie, J Kenneth ^c   Morton, J J ^d   Peacock, Andrew J ^d  

^a PAPWORTH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Royal Hallamshire   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d Western General   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hormone; Lowlanders; Pulmonary hypertension

Indexed keywords

BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE;

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM PRESSURE; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG BLOOD VESSEL; MALE; NATRIURESIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BOLIVIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; MALE; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, BRAIN; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PULMONARY WEDGE PRESSURE; REFERENCE VALUES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149260461     PISSN: 15270297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ham.2008.1054     Document Type: Article

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