Nocturnal hypoxemia, blood pressure, vascular status and chronic mountain sickness in the highest city in the world
Introduction Chronic mountain sickness (CMS) is a condition characterized by excessive erythrocytosis in response to chronic hypobaric hypoxia. CMS frequently triggers cardiorespiratory diseases such as pulmonary hypertension and right or left heart failure. Ambient hypoxia might be further amplifie...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis Group
2022-12-01
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Series: | Annals of Medicine |
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Online Access: | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/07853890.2022.2091791 |