Anatomical and hemodynamic evaluations of the heart and pulmonary arterial pressure in healthy children residing at high altitude in China

Anatomical and hemodynamic evaluations of the heart and pulmonary arterial pressure in healthy children residing at high altitude in China

Objectives: Altitude-hypoxia induces pulmonary arterial hypertension and altered cardiac morphology and function, which is little known in healthy children at high altitude. We compared the cardiopulmonary measurements between the healthy children at 16 m and those at 3700 m in China and between the...

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Main Authors: Hai-Ying Qi, Ru-Yan Ma, Li-Xia Jiang, Shu-Ping Li, Shu Mai, Hong Chen, Mei Ge, Mei-Ying Wang, Hai-Ning Liu, Yue-Hong Cai, Su-Ya Xu, Jia Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-06-01
Series:International Journal of Cardiology: Heart & Vasculature
Subjects:
Altitude
Healthy children
Pulmonary arterial pressure
Cardiac morphology
Cardiac function
Tibetan
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352906714000827

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