Exaggerated pulmonary hypertension during mild exercise in chronic mountain sickness

Chest

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 388-392

  Stuber, Thomas ^a   Sartori, Claudio ^b   Schwab, Marcos ^b   Jayet, Pierre Yves ^b   Rimoldi, Stefano F ^a   Garcin, Sophie ^b   Thalmann, Sébastien ^b   Spielvogel, Hilde ^c   Salmòn, Carlos Salinas ^c   Villena, Mercedes ^c   Scherrer, Urs ^b   Allemann, Yves ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c Instituto Boliviano de Biologia de Altura   (Bolivia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ARTICLE; BICYCLE ERGOMETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; HEART ATRIUM PRESSURE; HUMAN; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION;

EID: 76749139867     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.09-1355     Document Type: Article

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