• Cardiopatías congénitas frecuentes encontradas en el Síndrome de Down-La Paz, Bolivia 

      Salinas Salmón, Carlos; Vargas Araya, Karen Elizabeth (COLEGIO MEDICO DE BOLIVIA, 2016-02)
      RESUMEN Introducción y objetivos. Se realizó un estudio retrospectivo, longitudinal, observacional y descriptivo en el Instituto Boliviano de Biología de Altura donde se da a conocer la frecuencia y el tipo de cardiopatía ...
    • Comorbilidades en personas con síndrome de Down, habitantes de La Paz - Bolivia, 2015 

      Luna Barrón, Beatriz; Taboada López, Gonzalo; Queiroz de Tejerina, María Salete; Aillón López, Valeria; Arce Quint, Irma; Barreda Luján, Eunise Mónica; Barrón Achá, Zonia Betty; Boyan Montes, Luiza; Burgos Zuleta, José Liders; Buitrago Barahona, Franz; Contreras Castro, Darinka Teresa; Chambi Huanaco, Ivar; Choque Churqui, Aida; Espinosa Pinto, Vannia; Foronda Clavijo, Ximena; García Salgueiro, Heydi Carmiña; Quisbert Sánchez, Wendy S; Heredia Chucatani, Claudia; Hauzateng Sotomayor, Norka; Lafuente Álvarez, Erika; Lozada Salcedo, Mauricio A; Miranda Mercado, Alcira; Paz Bonilla, Rolando; Rada Tarifa, Ana; Riveros Gonzales, Loyola; Siacar Bacarreza, Sandra; Vargas Araya, Karen E; Salinas Salmón, Carlos (Rev Med (La Paz), 2017)
      RESUMEN. El Síndrome de Down (SD), es una condición genética debida a la trisomía 21, caracterizada por afección multisistémica con principal daño neurobiológico. Se presenta con una frecuencia de 1/700 recién nacidos vivos ...
    • EPR spectroscopic evidence of iron-catalysed free radical formation in chronic mountain sickness : dietary causes and vascualr consequences 

      Bailey, Damian M; Culcasi, Marcel; Filipponi, Teresa; Brugniaux, Julien V; Stacy, Benjamin S; Marley, Chistopher J; Soria, Rodrigo; Rimoldi, Stefano F; Cerny, David; Rexhaj, Emrush; Pratali, Lorenza; Salinas Salmón, Carlos; Murillo Jáuregui, Carla; Villena, Mercedes; Villafuerte, Francisco; Rockenbauer, Antal; Pietri, Sylvia; Scherrer, Urs; Sartori, Claudio (Free Radical Biology and Medicine, 2022)
      Abstract Chronic mountain sickness (CMS) is a high-altitude (HA) maladaptation syndrome characterised by elevated systemic oxidative-nitrosative stress (OXNOS) due to a free radical-mediated reduction in vascular nitric ...
    • Exaggerated pulmonary hypertension and right ventricular dysfunction in high-altitude dwellers with patent foramen ovale 

      Brenner, Roman; Pratali, Lorenza; Rimoldi, Stefano F; Murillo Jauregui,Carla Ximena; Soria, Rodrigo; Rexhaj, Emrush; Salinas Salmón, Carlos; Villena, Mercedes; Romero, Catherine; Sartori, Claudio; Allemann, Yves; Scherrer, Urs (Chest, 2015)
      There is considerable interindividual variability in pulmonary artery pressure among high-altitude (HA) dwellers, but the underlying mechanism is not known. At low altitude, a patent foramen ovale (PFO) is present in about ...
    • Exaggerated systemic oxidative-inflammatory-nitrosative stress in chronic mountain sIckness is associated with cognitive decline and depression 

      Bailey, Damian M; Brugniaux, Julien V; Filipponi, Teresa; Marley, Christopher J; Stacey, Benjamin; Soria, Rodrigo; Rimoldi, Stefano F; Cerny, David; Rexhaj, Emrush; Pratali, Lorenza; Salinas Salmón, Carlos; Murillo Jáuregui, Carla; Villena, Mercedes; Smirl, Jonathan D; Ogoh, Shigehiko; Pietri, Sylvia; Scherrer, Urs; Sartori, Claudio (J Physiol, 2019)
      Abstract. Chronic mountain sickness (CMS) is a maladaptation syndrome encountered at high altitude (HA) characterised by severe hypoxaemia that carries a higher risk of stroke and migraine and is associated with increased ...
    • Función ventricular derecha en residentes nativos a gran altura 

      Murillo Jáuregui, Carla; Salinas Salmón, Carlos; López M, Juan José; Villena Cabrera, Mercedes (J. health med. sci., 2020)
      RESUMEN. Los adaptados genéticamente a la altura son los tibetanos, sherpas y etíopes; los aymaras y quechuas están aclimatados (Bolivia, Perú y norte de Chile). En Bolivia el mal crónico de montaña afecta 10% de la ...
    • Nuevos mecanismos para hipertensión arterial pulmonar en la altura 

      Salinas Salmón, Carlos (COLEGIO MEDICO DE BOLIVIA, 2016-02)
      RESUMEN. Durante la última década el alcance de la investigación en la altura se ha ampliado considerablemente. Dos importantes observaciones han generado este avance; Primero, el hecho de que el edema pulmonar agudo de ...
    • Oxidative-nitrosative stress and systemic vascular function in highlanders with and without exaggerated hypoxemia 

      Bailey, Damian M; Rimoldi, Stefano F; Rexhay, Emrush; Pratali, Lorenza; Salinas Salmón, Carlos; Villena, Mercedes; McEneny, Jane; Young, Ian S; Nicod, Pascal; Allemann, Yves; Scherrer, Urs; Sartori, Claudio (CHEST, 2013-02-01)
      Background: Acute exposure to high altitude stimulates free radical formation in lowlanders, yet whether this persists during chronic exposure in healthy, well-adapted and maladapted highlanders suffering from chronic ...
    • 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 ...
    • Sleep-disordered breathing and vascular function in patients with chronic mountain sickness and healthy high-altitude dwellers 

      Rexhaj, Emrush; Rimoldi, Stefano F; Pratali, Lorenza; Brenner, Roman; Andries, Daniela; Soria, Rodrigo; Salinas Salmón, Carlos; Villena, Mercedes; Romero, Catherine; Allemann, Yves; Lovis, Alban; Heinzer, Raphaël; Sartori, Claudio; Scherrer, Urs (CHEST, 2016-11-05)
      BACKGROUND: Chronic mountain sickness (CMS) is often associated with vascular dysfunction, but the underlying mechanism is unknown. Sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) frequently occurs at high altitude. At low altitude, ...
    • Unique DNA methylation patterns in offspring of hypertensive pregnancy 

      Julian, Colleen Glyde; Pedersen, Brent S; Salinas Salmón, Carlos; Yang, Ivana V; Gonzales, Marcelino; Vargas, Enrique; Moore, Lorna G; Schwartz, David A (Clin Transl Sci., 2015)
      Abstract. Epigenomic processes are believed to play a pivotal role for the effect of environmental exposures in early life to modify disease risk throughout the lifespan. Offspring of women with hypertensive complications ...