RV is doing well at high altitudes! - Always?

JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1298-1300

  Naeije, Robert ^a  

^a FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

chronic mountain sickness; exercise echocardiography; right ventricular function; systolic pulmonary hypertension

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AEROBIC EXERCISE; ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE DISEASE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; HEART FAILURE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART STRESS; HEART VENTRICLE CONTRACTILITY; HUMAN; HYPOXIC LUNG VASOCONSTRICTION; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG VASCULAR RESISTANCE; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING;

CHRONIC MOUNTAIN SICKNESS; EXERCISE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; RIGHT VENTRICULAR FUNCTION; SYSTOLIC PULMONARY HYPERTENSION;

ALTITUDE SICKNESS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, STRESS; EXERCISE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; MALE; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 84890267093     PISSN: 1936878X     EISSN: 18767591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2013.09.011     Document Type: Editorial

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