M. Serrano DueñasInstituto Oftalmológico Santa Lucía.Equador Medicina ClínicaMed Clin 1998; 110: 446-449DOI: Not Available AbstractBackground: The effect of altitude on subjects between 8 to 22 and 23 to 51 years, that resided at sea level, or in the highlands, and developed altitude lung edema, is presented in series of 21 prospective registered patients at 4,800 to […]
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Peter Bärtsch, Erik R. Swenson, Marco Maggiorini, Peter D. Wagner, Robert C. Roach, Peter H. HackettUniversity of Heidelberg.Germany Advances in Experimental Medicine and BiologyAdv Exper Med Biol 2001; 502: 89-106DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4757-3401-0_8 AbstractRecent high altitude studies with pulmonary artery (PA) catheterization and broncho-alveolar lavage (BAL) in early high altitude pulmonary edema(HAPE) have increased our understanding of the pathogenetic
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T. Norboo, H.N. Saiyed, P.T. Angchuk, P. Tsering, S.T. Angchuk, S.T. Phuntsog, M. Yahya, Steve Wood, N.G. Bruce, K.P. BallLadakh Heart Foundation.India Biomedicine and PharmacotherapyBiomed Pharmacother 2004; 58: 220-225DOI: 10.1016/j.biopha.2004.02.003 AbstractLadakh is a sparsely populated area of Indian Himalaya lying at 3-4500 m altitude mainly consisting of arid desert. This paper will discuss high altitude health
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Tom Smedley, Michael PW GrocottInstitute of Child Health, University of Southampton, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust. Sir Henry Wellcome Laboratories.United Kingdom British Journal of PainBr J Pain 2013; 7: 85-94DOI: 10.1177/2049463713489539 AbstractAcute high-altitude illness is an encompassing term for the range of pathology that the unacclimatised individual can develop at increased altitude. This includes acute
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Sasha Z. Prisco, Alexander Kantorovich, Yan Liu, Sandeep Sahay, Roberto Bernardo, Vijay Balasubramanian, J. Usha Raj, Gil Golden, Franz Rischard, the PVRI Innovative Drug Development Initiative Access to Care WorkstreamUniversity of Minnesota Medical School. United Therapeutics Corporation. Houston Methodist Hospital. Stanford University. Indiana University School of Medicine. Valley Advanced Lung Diseases Institute. University of Illinois
Yudan Qiu, Xiaojiang Lyu, Dashuang Zhang, Hong Xu, Xu He, Jiao Chen, Hanmin Liu, Yang Liu, Liang XieWest China Second University Hospital and Sichuan University. School of Life Sciences of Fudan University and West China Institute of Women and Children’s Health. Affiliated Hospital of North Sichuan Medical College. Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University. Xizang
Pramod Sagar, Puthiyedath Thesajwi, Muthusangaiah Karthikeyan, Kothandam SivakumarMadras Medical Mission.India Catheterization and Cardiovascular InterventionsCatheter Cardiovasc Interv 2026; DOI: 10.1002/ccd.70455 AbstractBackground: Operability of patients with atrial septal defects (ASD) and pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is guided by various hemodynamic parameters obtained after acute vasodilator testing (AVT). Fenestrated closure is suggested in gray-zone of operability as well as restrictive
Christina A. Eichstaedt, Heimo Mairbäurl, Jie Song, Nicola Benjamin, Christine Fischer, Christoph Dehnert, Kai Schommer, Marc M. Berger, Peter Bärtsch, Ekkehard Grünig, Katrin HinderhoferUniversity Hospital Heidelberg and Heidelberg University. Second Xiangya Hospital and Central South University. Medbase Checkup Center. University Hospital Salzburg and Paracelsus Medical University.Germany, China, Switzerland and Austria High Altitude Medicine and BiologyHigh Alt Med Biol 2020; 21: 28-36DOI: 10.1089/ham.2019.0083 AbstractBackground: Exaggerated pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a hallmark of high-altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE).
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Karen Sánchez, Lenin Ramírez‑Cando, Wilfre Machado, AnitaVillafuerte, Santiago BallazYachay University for Experimental Technology and Research. Hospital Claudio Benati. Universidad Espíritu Santo.Ecuador Scientific ReportsSci Rep 2022; 12: DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-25040-5 AbstractAscent to high altitude (> 3000 m height above sea level or m.a.s.l) exposes people to hypobaric atmospheric pressure and hypoxemia, which provokes mountain sickness and whose symptoms
Kanishk Aggarwal, Mayur Srinivas Pathan, Mayank Dhalani, Inder P. Kaur, Fnu Anamika, Vasu Gupta, Dilip Kumar Jayaraman, Rohit JainDayanand Medical College. Avalon University School of Medicine. GMERS Medical College & Hospital. University of Mississippi Medical Center. University College of Medical Sciences. Main Line Health. Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center.India, Curacao and United States
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