Pulmonary vascular reserve and exercise capacity at sea level and at high altitude

High Altitude Medicine and Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 19-26

  Pavelescu, Adriana ^a   Faoro, Vitalie ^a   Guenard, Hervé ^b   De Bisschop, Claire ^c   Martinot, Jean Benoit ^d   Mélot, Christian ^e   Naeije, Robert ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b BORDEAUX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^d Clinique & Maternite Sainte Elisabeth Namer   (Belgium)

^e ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^f Erasmus Campus ^*  (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cardiopulmonary exercise test; Echocardiography; Lung diffusing capacity; Maximum oxygen uptake; Pulmonary hypertension; Pulmonary vascular resistance

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE;

ADULT; AEROBIC CAPACITY; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CARDIOPULMONARY EXERCISE TEST; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LETHARGY; LUNG BLOOD VESSEL; LUNG DIFFUSION CAPACITY; LUNG VASCULAR RESISTANCE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; OXYGEN SATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; PULSE OXIMETRY; SEA LEVEL; VENOUS BLOOD; WEAKNESS;

ADULT; ALTITUDE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITRIC OXIDE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY CIRCULATION; PULMONARY DIFFUSING CAPACITY; REST; STROKE VOLUME; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875741642     PISSN: 15270297     EISSN: 15578682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ham.2012.1073     Document Type: Article

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