Changes in sublingual microcirculatory flow index and vessel density on ascent to altitude

Experimental Physiology

Volumn 95, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 880-891

  Martin, Daniel S ^a   Goedhart, Peter ^b   Vercueil, Andre ^a,c   Ince, Can ^b   Levett, Denny Z H ^a   Grocott, Mike P W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOWMETRY; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; BLOOD VESSEL PARAMETERS; CAPILLARY DENSITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GRID CROSSING; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MICROCIRCULATORY FLOW INDEX; MUCOSA; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN SATURATION; SEA LEVEL; SIDESTREAM DARK FIELD IMAGING; TONGUE; ALTITUDE DISEASE; BLOOD; BLOOD FLOW; MOUTH; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; VASCULARIZATION;

OXYGEN;

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MOUTH FLOOR; OXYGEN; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW;

EID: 77954546070     PISSN: 09580670     EISSN: 1469445X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/expphysiol.2009.051656     Document Type: Article

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