The Impact of Temporary Stay at High Altitude on the Circulatory System
In recent times many people stay temporarily at high altitudes. It is mainly associated with the growing popularity of regular air travel, as well as temporary trips to mountain regions. Variable environmental conditions, including pressure and temperature changes, have an impact on the human body....
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| author | Karolina Mikołajczak Karolina Czerwińska Witold Pilecki Rafał Poręba Paweł Gać Małgorzata Poręba |
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| description | In recent times many people stay temporarily at high altitudes. It is mainly associated with the growing popularity of regular air travel, as well as temporary trips to mountain regions. Variable environmental conditions, including pressure and temperature changes, have an impact on the human body. This paper analyses the physiological changes that may occur while staying at high altitude in healthy people and in people with cardiovascular diseases, such as arterial hypertension, pulmonary hypertension, heart failure, ischemic heart disease, or arrhythmias. Possible unfavourable changes were underlined. Currently recognized treatment recommendations or possible treatment modifications for patients planning to stay at high altitudes were also discussed. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7f08ca9839ee4bab9a1ccdb5483bcaf52023-11-21T15:07:27ZengMDPI AGJournal of Clinical Medicine2077-03832021-04-01108162210.3390/jcm10081622The Impact of Temporary Stay at High Altitude on the Circulatory SystemKarolina Mikołajczak0Karolina Czerwińska1Witold Pilecki2Rafał Poręba3Paweł Gać4Małgorzata Poręba5Department of Pathophysiology, Wroclaw Medical University, Marcinkowskiego 1, PL 50-368 Wroclaw, PolandDepartment of Hygiene, Wroclaw Medical University, Mikulicza-Radeckiego 7, PL 50-368 Wroclaw, PolandDepartment of Pathophysiology, Wroclaw Medical University, Marcinkowskiego 1, PL 50-368 Wroclaw, PolandDepartment of Internal and Occupational Diseases, Hypertension and Clinical Oncology, Wroclaw Medical University, Borowska 213, PL 50-556 Wroclaw, PolandDepartment of Hygiene, Wroclaw Medical University, Mikulicza-Radeckiego 7, PL 50-368 Wroclaw, PolandDepartment of Pathophysiology, Wroclaw Medical University, Marcinkowskiego 1, PL 50-368 Wroclaw, PolandIn recent times many people stay temporarily at high altitudes. It is mainly associated with the growing popularity of regular air travel, as well as temporary trips to mountain regions. Variable environmental conditions, including pressure and temperature changes, have an impact on the human body. This paper analyses the physiological changes that may occur while staying at high altitude in healthy people and in people with cardiovascular diseases, such as arterial hypertension, pulmonary hypertension, heart failure, ischemic heart disease, or arrhythmias. Possible unfavourable changes were underlined. Currently recognized treatment recommendations or possible treatment modifications for patients planning to stay at high altitudes were also discussed.https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/10/8/1622environmental healthhigh altitudecirculatory system |
| spellingShingle | Karolina Mikołajczak Karolina Czerwińska Witold Pilecki Rafał Poręba Paweł Gać Małgorzata Poręba The Impact of Temporary Stay at High Altitude on the Circulatory System Journal of Clinical Medicine environmental health high altitude circulatory system |
| title | The Impact of Temporary Stay at High Altitude on the Circulatory System |
| title_full | The Impact of Temporary Stay at High Altitude on the Circulatory System |
| title_fullStr | The Impact of Temporary Stay at High Altitude on the Circulatory System |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Impact of Temporary Stay at High Altitude on the Circulatory System |
| title_short | The Impact of Temporary Stay at High Altitude on the Circulatory System |
| title_sort | impact of temporary stay at high altitude on the circulatory system |
| topic | environmental health high altitude circulatory system |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/10/8/1622 |
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