Long-term chronic intermittent hypoxia: a particular form of chronic high-altitude pulmonary hypertension
In some subjects, high-altitude hypobaric hypoxia leads to high-altitude pulmonary hypertension. The threshold for the diagnosis of high-altitude pulmonary hypertension is a mean pulmonary artery pressure of 30 mmHg, even though for general pulmonary hypertension is ≥25 mmHg. High-altitude pulmonary...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2020-09-01
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| Series: | Pulmonary Circulation |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/2045894020934625 |