Higher pulmonary artery pressure in children than in adults upon fast ascent to high altitude

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 664-669

  Kriemler, S ^a,c   Jansen, C ^b   Linka, A ^b   Kessel Schaefer, A ^b   Zehnder, M ^c   Schurmann T ^b   Kohler, M ^d   Bloch, K ^d   Brunner La Rocca, H P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Children; Heredity; High altitude; High altitude pulmonary oedema; Pulmonary artery pressure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; CHILD; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ALTITUDE DISEASE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; FATHER; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION;

ADULT; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FATHERS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 58149399271     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00166407     Document Type: Article

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