Altitude and the cardiovascular system;Altitude et système cardiovasculaire

Presse Medicale

Volumn 41, Issue 6 PART 1, 2012, Pages 638-643

  Richalet, Jean Paul ^a,b  

^a AVICENNE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC ACTIVITY; ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE ACCLIMATIZATION; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EXERCISE TEST; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART PROTECTION; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG VASOCONSTRICTION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SHORT SURVEY; TACHYCARDIA; VASODILATATION;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; ANOXIA; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIAC OUTPUT; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CORONARY DISEASE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; MYOCARDIUM; OXYGEN;

EID: 84861984031     PISSN: 07554982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lpm.2012.02.003     Document Type: Short Survey

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