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Abnormal blood flow in the sublingual microcirculation at high altitude

We report the first direct observations of deranged microcirculatory blood flow at high altitude, using sidestream dark-field imaging. Images of the sublingual microcirculation were obtained from a group of 12 volunteers during a climbing expedition to Cho Oyu (8,201 m) in the Himalayas. Microcircul...

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Autores principales: Martin, Daniel S., Ince, Can, Goedhart, Peter, Levett, Denny Z. H., Grocott, Mike P. W.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer-Verlag 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2688617/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19333616
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00421-009-1023-8