Pulmonary function tests at low altitude predict pulmonary pressure response to short-term high altitude exposure

• Published in: Respiratory physiology & neurobiology Vol. 282; p. 103534
• Main Authors: Yang, Yuanqi, Liu, Chuan, Yu, Shiyong, Qin, Zhexue, Yang, Jie, Bian, Shizhu, Gao, Xubin, Zhang, Jihang, Hu, Mingdong, Wu, Guoming, Ding, Xiaohan, Zhang, Chen, Ke, Jingbin, Yuan, Fangzhengyuan, Tian, Jingdu, He, Chunyan, Rao, Rongsheng, Huang, Lan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01.11.2020
• Subjects: Echocardiography; Function tests; High altitude; Predictors; Pulmonary; Pulmonary pressure; Response; Smoke; Response; High altitude; Echocardiography; Function tests; Smoke; Pulmonary pressure; Pulmonary; Predictors

•Travelling to high altitude (HA) presents a risk of the excessive increases in mean pulmonary artery pressure (mPAP), which is associated with impaired exercise capacity and fatal HA pulmonary oedema.•FEF25% at low altitude and smoking were the independent predictors for identifying subjects with m...