Pulmonary capillary blood volume and membrane conductance in Andeans and lowlanders at high altitude: A cross-sectional study

Nitric Oxide - Biology and Chemistry

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 187-193

  de Bisschop, C ^a   Kiger, Laurent ^b   Marden, Michael C ^b   Ajata, Alfredo ^c   Huez, Sandrine ^d   Faoro, Vitalie ^d   Martinot, Jean Benoit ^e   Naeije, Robert ^d   Guénard, Hervé ^f  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c Pneumologist Santa Cruz de la Sierra ^*  (Bolivia)

^d ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^e Clinique & Maternite Sainte Elisabeth Namer   (Belgium)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Altitude; Monge disease; Pulmonary capillary blood volume; Pulmonary diffusion capacity

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; NITRIC OXIDE;

ADULT; ALTITUDE ACCLIMATIZATION; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM PRESSURE; HUMAN; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG BLOOD VOLUME; LUNG CAPILLARY; MALE; MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; BLOOD VOLUME; BOLIVIA; CAPILLARIES; CELL MEMBRANE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; LUNG; MALE; PULMONARY DIFFUSING CAPACITY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77956011050     PISSN: 10898603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.niox.2010.05.288     Document Type: Article

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