Pulmonary artery pressure and cardiac function in children and adolescents after rapid ascent to 3,450 m

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 302, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2646-2653

  Allemann, Yves ^a   Stuber, Thomas ^a   de Marchi, Stefano F ^a   Rexhaj, Emrush ^a   Sartori, Claudio ^b   Scherrer, Urs ^a,c   Rimoldi, Stefano F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE TARAPACÁ   (Chile)

Author keywords

High altitude pulmonary edema; Hypoxia; Left ventricle; Right ventricle; Sympathetic activity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; ARTICLE; CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART OUTPUT; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM PRESSURE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HIGH ALTITUDE PULMONARY EDEMA; HUMAN; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG VASCULAR RESISTANCE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHILD; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; MALE; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY EDEMA; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 84862535154     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00053.2012     Document Type: Article

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