Pulmonary artery pressure increases during commercial air travel in healthy passengers.
BACKGROUND: It is not known whether the mild hypoxia experienced by passengers during commercial air travel triggers hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction and increases pulmonary artery pressure in flight. Insidious pulmonary hypertensive responses could endanger susceptible passengers who have cardiop...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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2012
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