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Preeclampsia and risk of maternal pulmonary hypertension at high altitude in Bolivia
(Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease, 2023)
Abstract.
Women with a history of preeclampsia (PE) have a greater risk of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). In turn, pregnancy at high altitude is a risk factor for PE. However, whether women who develop PE during ...
High-altitude hypoxia and echocardiographic indices of pulmonary hypertension in male and female chickens at adulthood
(Circulation Journal, 2014-06)
Background: By combining the chick embryo model with incubation at high altitude (HA), the effects of chronic hypoxia on fetal growth, fetal cardiac and aortic wall remodeling and systemic arterial blood pressure at adulthood ...
Los efectos de elevada altitud en la hipertensión pulmonar de cardiópatas en La Paz Bolivia
(Instituto Boliviano de Biología de Altura, 1970)
Exaggerated pulmonary hypertension and right ventricular dysfunction in high-altitude dwellers with patent foramen ovale
(Chest, 2015)
There is considerable interindividual variability in pulmonary artery pressure among high-altitude (HA) dwellers, but the underlying mechanism is not known. At low altitude, a patent foramen
ovale (PFO) is present in about ...
Effets des contraintes thermiques sur la circulation pulmonaire de l'homme a l'altitude
(INSERM, 1977)
RESUME.
L'hypoxie est considérée comme Ie principal facteur responsable de l'hypertension pulmonaire (H.T.P.) des résidents de haute-altitude. Dans ce travail on a étudié d'autres facteurs tels que le froid et Ia chaleur, ...
The effects of high altitude on pulmonary hypertension of cardiopathies, at La Paz, Bolivia
(Instituto Boliviano de Biología de Altura, 1969)
Summary.
This investigation concerns a comparison of hemodynamic data derived from eleven patients without cardio-pulmonary disease, living at La Paz, Bolivia, an ten patients with a variety of cardiopathies common to ...
Cardio-respiratory studies in chronic mountain sickness (Monge's syndrome)
(Revista del IBBA, 1972)
Abstract.
Comparisons with 14 normal, younger, male native residents of La Paz showed that 20 patients with Monge’s syndrome have significantly higher mean body surface areas, hemoglobin, resting tidal volumes [VT (BTPS)], ...
Pulmonary hypertension in high-altitude chronic hypoxia : response to nifedipine
(European Respiratory Journal, 1998-11)
ABSTRACT.
Permanent residents at high altitude may develop excessive polycythaemia (H-Hb) and pulmonary hypertension, which often leads to cardiac failure. Inhibitors of calcium channels have been shown to reverse pulmonary ...
Estudios cardiorespiratorios en la enfermedad crónica de la montaña (Síndrome de Monge)
(Revista IBBA, 1972)
Resumen. Comparación entre 14 individuos normales jóvenes del sexo masculino y 20 enfermos con síndrome de Monge. Se mostró que éstos últimos tienen una superficie corporal media, una hemoglobina, volumen tidal en reposo ...
Exaggerated pulmonary hypertension during mild exercise in chronic mountain sickness
(CHEST, 2010-02)
Background: Chronic mountain sickness (CMS) is an important public health problem and is characterized by exaggerated hypoxemia, erythrocytosis, and pulmonary hypertension. While pulmonary hypertension is a leading cause ...