Browsing Producción científica by Author "Faita, Francesco"

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    • Exercise induces rapid interstitial lung water accumulation in patients with chronic mountain sickness 

      Pratali, Lorenza; Rimoldi, Stefano F; Rexhaj, Emrush; Hutter, Damian; Faita, Francesco; Salinas Salmón, Carlos E; Villena, Mercedes; Sicari, Rosa; Picano, Eugenio; Allemann, Yves; Scherrer, Urs; Sartori, Claudio (CHEST, 2012-04-04)
      Background: Chronic mountain sickness (CMS) is a major public health problem in mountainous regions of the world. In its more advanced stages, exercise intolerance is often found, but the underlying mechanism is not ...

    • RV contractility and exercise-induced pulmonary hypertension in chronic mountain sickness : a stress echocardiographic and tissue doppler imaging study 

      Pratali, Lorenza; Allemann, Yves; Rimoldi, Stefano F; Faita, Francesco; Hutter, Damian; Rexhaj, Emrush; Brenner, Roman; Bailey, Damian M; Sartori, Claudio; Salinas Salmón, Carlos E; Villena, Mercedes; Scherrer, Urs; Picano, Eugenio; Sicari, Rosa (ELSEVIER, 2013-12)
      Objectives. The aim of this study was to evaluate right ventricular (RV) and left ventricular function and pulmonary circulation in chronic mountain sickness (CMS) patients with rest and stress echocardiography compared ...

    • 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 ...