Autonomic cardiovascular responses in acclimatized lowlanders on prolonged stay at high altitude: A longitudinal follow up study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Dhar, Priyanka ^a   Sharma, Vijay K ^a   Hota, Kalpana B ^a   Das, Saroj K ^a   Hota, Sunil K ^a   Srivastava, Ravi B ^a   Singh, Shashi B ^b  

^a Leh Ladakh C o 56APO   (India)

^b DEFENCE INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATECHOLAMINE; HOMOCYSTEINE;

ADRENERGIC STIMULATION; ADULT; ALTITUDE ACCLIMATIZATION; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CATECHOLAMINE BLOOD LEVEL; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HYPOBARISM; HYPOXIA; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LOWLANDER; MALE; MISCELLANEOUS NAMED GROUPS; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PARASYMPATHETIC TONE; POPULATION RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEA LEVEL; SYMPATHETIC TONE; VOLUNTEER; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADULT; ALTITUDE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE INDICES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART RATE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896750197     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0084274     Document Type: Article

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