Current concept of chronic mountain sickness: pulmonary hypertension–related high-altitude heart disease

High-altitude heart disease, a form of chronic mountain sickness, has been well established in both Tibet and Qinghai provinces of China, although little is known regarding this syndrome in other countries, particularly in the West. This review presents a general overview of high-altitude heart dise...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Wilderness & environmental medicine 2001, Vol.12 (3), p.190-194
Hauptverfasser:	Ge, Ri-Li, Helun, Gaowa
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	altitude Altitude Sickness - epidemiology Altitude Sickness - etiology Altitude Sickness - physiopathology China - epidemiology Chronic Disease Heart Failure Humans Hypertension, Pulmonary hypoxemia pulmonary hypertension Syndrome vascular remodeling
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