Echocardiographic and Tissue Doppler Imaging of Cardiac Adaptation to High Altitude in Native Highlanders Versus Acclimatized Lowlanders

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 103, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1605-1609

  Huez, Sandrine ^a,b   Faoro, Vitalie ^a   Guénard, Herve ^c   Martinot, Jean Benoit ^d   Naeije, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^d Clinique & Maternite Sainte Elisabeth Namer   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTITUDE ACCLIMATIZATION; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BOLIVIA; CAUCASIAN; DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE RELAXATION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOXIA; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING; TRICUSPID VALVE;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; ALTITUDE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BOLIVIA; DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; MALE; PULMONARY ARTERY; SYSTOLE; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 65649119285     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2009.02.006     Document Type: Article

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