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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 ...
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 ...
Exposición crónica a la altura. Características clínicas y diagnóstico
(Arch Cardiol Mex, 2021)
Resumen
La exposición crónica a la altitud se ha asociado a hipoxia hipobárica en quienes la experimentan. Dos entidades se han asociado a la hipoxia hipobárica: la hipertensión pulmonar de la alta altitud y el mal de ...
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 ...