Perinatal hypoxia increases susceptibility to high-altitude polycythemia and attendant pulmonary vascular dysfunction

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 309, Issue 4, 2015, Pages H565-H573

  Julian, Colleen Glyde ^a   Gonzales, Marcelino ^b   Rodriguez, Armando ^b   Bellido, Diva ^b   Salmon, Carlos Salinas ^b   Ladenburger, Anne ^c   Reardon, Lindsay ^d   Vargas, Enrique ^b   Moore, Lorna G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Bolivian Institute of High Altitude Biology   (Bolivia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Altitude; Developmental programming; Excessive erythrocytosis; Hypoxia; Polycythemia

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; ERYTHROCYTOSIS; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HIGH ALTITUDE POLYCYTHEMIA; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG DIFFUSION CAPACITY; LUNG VENTILATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; PERINATAL PERIOD; POLYCYTHEMIA; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY ACCELERATION TIME; PULMONARY VASCULAR DISEASE; RESPIRATORY TRACT PARAMETERS; ADOLESCENT; ALTITUDE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPLICATION; FETUS HYPOXIA; HEMODYNAMICS; LUNG CIRCULATION; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PULMONARY ARTERY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALTITUDE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FETAL HYPOXIA; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MALE; POLYCYTHEMIA; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY CIRCULATION; PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE;

EID: 84939451863     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00296.2015     Document Type: Article

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