• Systemic vascular dysfunction in patients with chronic mountain sickness 

      Rimoldi, Stefano F; Rexhaj, Emrush; Pratali, Lorenza; Bailey, Damian; Hutter, Damian; Faita, Francesco; Salinas Salmón, Carlos E; Villena, Mercedes; Nicod, Pascal; Allemann, Yves; Scherrer, Urs; Sartori, Claudio (CHEST, 2012-01-01)
      Background: Chronic mountain sickness (CMS) is a major public health problem characterized by exaggerated hypoxemia and erythrocytosis. In more advanced stages, patients with CMS often present with functional and structural ...
    • The relationship between perinatl hypoxia and sleep-disordered breathing in preclinical chronic mountain sickness 

      Julian, Colleen Glyde; Vargas, Enrique; Dávila, R Daniela; Salinas Salmón, Carlos E; Rodríguez, A; Gonzales, Marcelino; Moore, Lorna G (High Altitude Medicine & Biology, 2010-08-08)
      Introduction: Chronic intermittent hypoxia due to sleepdisordered breathing is implicated as a potential etiological factor for chronic mountain sickness (CMS). Whether sleepdisordered breathing precedes or results from ...
    • The role of oxygen in prenatal growth : studies in the chick embryo 

      Giussani, Dino A; Salinas Salmón, Carlos E; Villena, Mercedes; Blanco, Carlos E (J Physiol, 2007-10-25)
      The compelling evidence linking small size at birth with later cardiovascular disease has renewed and amplified scientific and clinical interests into the determinants of fetal growth. It is accepted that genes and ...