Altered Hemorheology in Fontan Patients in Normoxia and After Acute Hypoxic Exercise

Altered Hemorheology in Fontan Patients in Normoxia and After Acute Hypoxic Exercise

BackgroundThe Fontan circulation is a unique palliation procedure for several congenital heart defects. Impaired exercise capacity has previously been demonstrated in these patients and also a higher risk for cardiopulmonary mortality. Hemorheology was shown to affect cardiopulmonary capacity and in...

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Main Authors: Julian Alexander Härtel, Nicole Müller, Ulrike Herberg, Johannes Breuer, Daniel Alexander Bizjak, Wilhelm Bloch, Marijke Grau
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Physiology
Subjects:
exercise
Fontan circulation
hypoxia
red blood cells
rheology
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fphys.2019.01443/full

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