Systemic Blood Predictors of Elevated Pulmonary Artery Pressure Assessed by Non-invasive Echocardiography After Acute Exposure to High Altitude: A Prospective Cohort Study

• Published in: Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine Vol. 9; p. 866093
• Main Authors: Bian, Shi-Zhu, Zhang, Chen, Rao, Rong-Sheng, Ding, Xiao-Han, Huang, Lan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A 10.06.2022
• Subjects: acute high-altitude exposure; Cardiovascular Medicine; cohort study; elevated pulmonary artery pressure; predictors; vascular regulatory factors

Elevated pulmonary artery pressure (ePAP) in response to high-altitude hypoxia is a critical physiopathological factor in the hypoxic adaptation that may lead to high-altitude pulmonary edema in the acute phase or high-altitude pulmonary hypertension in the long term. However, the sea-level predicto...