• Aymara children are protected from high-altitude-induced pulmonary hypertension 

      Stuber, Thomas; Sartori, Claudio; Hutter, Damian; Salinas Salmón, Carlos E; Thalmann, Sebastien; Turini, Pierre; Jayet, Pierre-Yves; Villena, Mercedes; Scherrer, Urs; Allemann, Yves (High Altitude Medicine & Biology, 2005-02-22)
      Pulmonary hypertension is a hallmark of the adaptation to ambient lack of oxygen. This assumption is also thought to hold true for high-altitude native children, since invasive studies showed elevated pulmonary-artery pressure ...
    • Offspring of preeclamptic mothers are predisposed to hypoxic pulmonary hypertension 

      Sartori, Claudio; Jayet, Pierre-Yves; Thalmann, Sebastien; Stuber, Thomas; Hutter, Damian; Salinas Salmón, Carlos E; Cucchia, Celine; Rodriguez, Armando; Riveros, Loyola; Spielvogel, Hilde; Allemann, Yves; Villena, Mercedes; Scherrer, Urs (High Altitude Medicine & Biology, 2005-02-22)
      Adverse events in utero may predispose to cardiovascular disease in adulthood. In preeclampsia, the diseased placenta releases circulating vasculotoxic factors that cause maternal endothelial dysfunction. These factors ...