• Elevation of pulmonary artery pressure in newborns from high-altitude pregnancies complicated by preeclampsia 

      Salinas-Salmón, Carlos E.; Murillo Jáuregui, Carla; Gonzales-Isidro, Marcelino; Espinoza-Pinto, Vannia; Mendoza, Silvia V; Ruiz, Rosario; Vargas, Ronald; Perez, Yuri; Montaño, Jaime; Toledo, Lilian; Badner, Abraham; Jiménez, Jesús; Peñaranda, Javier; Romero, Catherine; Aguilar, Martha; Riveros-Gonzales, Loyola; Arana, Ivar; Villamor, Eduardo (Antioxidants, 2023)
      Abstract. We hypothesized that fetal exposure to the oxidative stress induced by the combined challenge of preeclampsia (PE) and high altitude would induce a significant impairment in the development of pulmonary circulation. ...
    • Hemoglobin mass and blood volume in patients with altitude-related polycythemia 

      Schmidt, Walter FJ; Wachsmuth, Nadine; Jiménez, Jesús; Soria, Rudy (Frontiers in Physiology, 2022)
      Patients with chronic mountain sickness (CMS) have a high hemoglobin concentration [Hb] due to increased hemoglobin mass (Hbmass) and possibly reduced plasma volume (PV). The values of Hbmass, PV and blood volume (BV) have ...