Systemic vascular dysfunction in patients with chronic mountain sickness

Chest

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 139-146

  Rimoldi, Stefano F ^a,b   Rexhaj, Emrush ^a,b   Pratali, Lorenza ^c   Bailey, Damian M ^d   Hutter, Damian ^a   Faita, Francesco ^c   Salinas Salmòn, Carlos ^e   Villena, Mercedes ^e   Nicod, Pascal ^b   Allemann, Yves ^a   Scherrer, Urs ^a,b,f   Sartori, Claudio ^b  

^a BERN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

^e Instituto Bolivano de Biologia de Altura   (Bolivia)

^f UNIVERSIDAD DE TARAPACÁ   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADULT; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FLOW MEDIATED DILATATION; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; MALE; POST HOC ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK FACTOR; VASCULAR DISEASE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASODILATATION;

EID: 84855431697     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.11-0342     Document Type: Article

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