Short-term high altitude exposure at 3454m is well tolerated in patients with stable heart failure

European Journal of Heart Failure

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 182-186

  Schmid, Jean Paul ^a   Nobel, Daniel ^a   Brugger, Nicolas ^a   Novak, Jan ^a   Palau, Patricia ^a   Trepp, Anja ^a   Wilhelm, Matthias ^a   Saner, Hugo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Exercise capacity; Heart failure; High altitude; Inert gas rebreathing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY EXERCISE TEST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FAILURE; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTING HEART RATE; AGED; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; HEART OUTPUT; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; CARDIAC OUTPUT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84922946204     PISSN: 13889842     EISSN: 18790844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejhf.227     Document Type: Article

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