Class 3. Pulmonary Hypertension Associated with Alveolar Hypoxia

Cleavage and Polyadenylation Specificity Factor Subunit 5 Regulates Pulmonary Artery Smooth Muscle Expansion and Hypoxic Response

Scott D. Collum, Lisha Zhu, Tingting W. Mills, Rene Girard, Jamie Tran, Tinne C. J. Mertens, Cory Wilson, Nancy Wareing, Erik E. Suarez, Howard J. Huang, Rahat Hussain, Bindu Akkanti, Wenjin J. Zheng, Hari K. Yalamanchili, Bela Patel, Eric J. Wagner, Sandeep Agarwal, Harry Karmouty-QuintanaMcGovern Medical School University and McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics of […]

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Pulmonary artery pressure and cardiac function in children and adolescents after rapid ascent to 3,450 m

Yves Allemann, Thomas Stuber, Stefano F. de Marchi, Emrush Rexhaj, Claudio Sartori, Urs Scherrer, Stefano F. RimoldiInselspital, University Hospital.Switzerland American Journal of Physiology Heart and Circulation PhysiologyAm J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2012; 302: H2646-H2653DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00053.2012 AbstractHigh-altitude destinations are visited by increasing numbers of children and adolescents. High-altitude hypoxia triggers pulmonary hypertension that in turn may

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Acute high-altitude illness: a clinically orientated review

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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Elevated Perspectives: Unraveling Cardiovascular Dynamics in High-Altitude Realms

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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High-altitude pulmonary edema with absent right pulmonary artery

Billy Rios, David J. Driscoll, Dan G. McNamaraTexas Children’s Hospital and Baylor Cllege of Medicine.United States PediatricsPediatrics 1985; 75: 314-317DOI: https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.75.2.314 AbstractHigh-altitude pulmonary edema potentially is fatal. Adults with unilateral absence of a right pulmonary artery are particularly susceptible to high-altitude pulmonary edema. The occurrence of high-altitude pulmonary edema was documented in a child with

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Physical adaptation of children to life at high altitude

K. De Meer, H. S. A. Heymans, W. G. ZijlstraUniversity Children’s Hospital Het Wilhelmina Kinderziekenhuis. Beatrix Children’s Clinic and University Hospital Groningen.Netherlands European Journal of PediatricsEur J Pediatr 1995; 154: 263–272DOI: Not Availanble AbstractChildren permanently exposed to hypoxia at altitudes of > 3000 m above sea level show a phenotypical form of adaptation. Under these

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Pulmonary hemodynamics in children living at high altitudes

Dante Penaloza, Francisco Sime, Luis RuizUniversity Cayetano Heredia.Peru High Altitude Medicine and BiologyHigh Altit Med Biol 2008; 9: 199-207DOI: 10.1089/ham.2008.1004 AbstractThere are numerous publications on altitude-related diseases in adults. In addition, an International Consensus Statement published in 2001 deals with altitude-related illnesses occurring in lowland children who travel to high altitudes. However, despite the millions of

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Child health and living at high altitude

Susan Niermeyer, P. Andrade Mollinedo, L. HuichoUniversity of Colorado School of Medicine and Children’s Hospital of Colorado. Caja Nacional de Salud and Clínica del Sur and Clínica Alemana. Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos and Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia.United States, Bolivia and Peru Archives of Disease in ChildrenArch Dis Child 2009; 94: 806-811DOI: 10.1136/adc.2008.141838 AbstractThe health of

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Increased prevalence of EPAS1 variant in cattle with high-altitude pulmonary hypertension

John H. Newman, Timothy N. Holt, Joy D. Cogan, Bethany Womack, John A. Phillips III, Chun Li, Zachary Kendall, Kurt R. Stenmark, Milton G. Thomas, R. Dale Brown, Suzette R. Riddle, James D. West, Rizwan HamidVanderbilt University School of Medicine. Colorado State University. Case Western Reserve University. University of Colorado.United States Nature CommunicationsNat Commun 2015;

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Preparation of 18β-Glycyrrhetinic Acid Liposome and Its Therapeutic Effect on Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

Yanmin Pei, Meidong Si, Xuemei Ma, Siyun Liu, Fang Zhao, Ru ZhouNingxia Medical University and General Hospital of Ningxia Medical University.China Drug Design, Development and TherapyDrug Des Dev Ther 2025; 19: 11119-11144DOI: 10.2147/DDDT.S547530 AbstractPurpose: 18β-Glycyrrhetinic acid liposomes (18β-GA-Lips) were developed to enhance lung-specific drug delivery and optimize the therapeutic management of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH).Methods: 18β-GA-Lips of varying

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