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

      Julian, Colleen Glyde; Gonzales, Marcelino; Rodríguez, Armando; Bellido, Diva; Salinas Salmón, Carlos; Ladenburger, Anne; Reardon, Lindsay; Vargas, Enrique; Moore, Lorna G (Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, 2015-04-27)
      Perinatal hypoxia increases susceptibility to high-altitude polycythemia and attendant pulmonary vascular dysfunction. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 309: H565–H573, 2015. First published June 19, 2015; doi:10.1152/a ...
    • Perinatal origins of chronic mountain sickness : the role of perinatal hypoxia in the development of CMS 

      Vargas, Enrique; Julian, Colleen Glyde; Salinas Salmón, Carlos E; Dávila, Daniela; Rodríguez, Armando; Gonzales, Marcelino; Moore, Lorna G (Meeting VII Congress World Medicine and Physiology High Altitude, 2011)
    • Protective effect of female sex hormones against pulmonary hypertension in Bolivian high altitude natives 

      Sartori, Claudio; Allemann, Yves; Salinas Salmón, Carlos E; Turini, Pierre; Rodríguez, Armando; Hutter, Damián; Thalmann, Sébastien; Vargas, Enrique; Villena, Mercedes; Scherrer, Urs (High Altitude Medicine & Biology, 2003-02-19)
      There is abundant evidence that female sex hormones have protective effects in the systemic circulation in both animals and humans, but little is known regarding their role in the regulation of the pulmonary circulation. ...
    • Recuento de reticulocitos en nativos y residentes de altura 

      Rodríguez, Armando; Balcázar, Miriam; Alvéstegui, Sonia; Quintela, Aida (Universidad Mayor de San Andrés, 1990)
      Resumen. Se estudiaron las muestras sanguíneas de 340 individuos nativos y residentes de altura; cuyas edades fluctuaban de 20 a 60 años. El recuento de reticulocitos, mostró un incremento en relación a los valores del ...
    • Role of cytokines in altitude-associated preeclampsia 

      Dávila, R Daniela; Julian, Colleen Glyde; Browne, Vaughn A.; Toledo-Jaldín, Lillian; Wilson, Megan J; Rodríguez, Armando; Vargas, Enrique; Moore, Lorna G (Pregnancy Hypertens, 2012-01)
      Abstract. Background: Preeclampsia (PE) is more common at high than low altitude and contributes to the altitude-related decline in birth weight. Since inflammatory markers are implicated in PE, we asked if such markers ...
    • Role of genetic and environmental factors in the increased blood pressures of Bolivian blacks 

      Frisancho, A Roberto; Farrow, S; Friedenzohn, Isabel; Johnson, Tiffany; Kapp, Beth; Miranda, Christina; Pérez, María; Rauchle, Isha; Sánchez, Nicholas; Wheatcroft, Gloria; Woodill, Lita; Ayllón, Irma; Bellido, Diva; Rodríguez, Armando; Machicao, Jorge; Villena, Mercedes; Vargas, Enrique (American Journal of Human Biology, 1999)
      Abstract. The tendency toward hypertension or higher blood pressure is more common in blacks than whites. The factors that account for these differences are attributed to both environmental and genetic factors. To clarify ...