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The Impact of Temporary Stay at High Altitude on the Circulatory System
In recent times many people stay temporarily at high altitudes. It is mainly associated with the growing popularity of regular air travel, as well as temporary trips to mountain regions. Variable environmental conditions, including pressure and temperature changes, have an impact on the human body....
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8068881/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33921196 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm10081622 |
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author | Mikołajczak, Karolina Czerwińska, Karolina Pilecki, Witold Poręba, Rafał Gać, Paweł Poręba, Małgorzata |
author_facet | Mikołajczak, Karolina Czerwińska, Karolina Pilecki, Witold Poręba, Rafał Gać, Paweł Poręba, Małgorzata |
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description | In recent times many people stay temporarily at high altitudes. It is mainly associated with the growing popularity of regular air travel, as well as temporary trips to mountain regions. Variable environmental conditions, including pressure and temperature changes, have an impact on the human body. This paper analyses the physiological changes that may occur while staying at high altitude in healthy people and in people with cardiovascular diseases, such as arterial hypertension, pulmonary hypertension, heart failure, ischemic heart disease, or arrhythmias. Possible unfavourable changes were underlined. Currently recognized treatment recommendations or possible treatment modifications for patients planning to stay at high altitudes were also discussed. |
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spelling | pubmed-80688812021-04-26 The Impact of Temporary Stay at High Altitude on the Circulatory System Mikołajczak, Karolina Czerwińska, Karolina Pilecki, Witold Poręba, Rafał Gać, Paweł Poręba, Małgorzata J Clin Med Review In recent times many people stay temporarily at high altitudes. It is mainly associated with the growing popularity of regular air travel, as well as temporary trips to mountain regions. Variable environmental conditions, including pressure and temperature changes, have an impact on the human body. This paper analyses the physiological changes that may occur while staying at high altitude in healthy people and in people with cardiovascular diseases, such as arterial hypertension, pulmonary hypertension, heart failure, ischemic heart disease, or arrhythmias. Possible unfavourable changes were underlined. Currently recognized treatment recommendations or possible treatment modifications for patients planning to stay at high altitudes were also discussed. MDPI 2021-04-12 /pmc/articles/PMC8068881/ /pubmed/33921196 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm10081622 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Review Mikołajczak, Karolina Czerwińska, Karolina Pilecki, Witold Poręba, Rafał Gać, Paweł Poręba, Małgorzata The Impact of Temporary Stay at High Altitude on the Circulatory System |
title | The Impact of Temporary Stay at High Altitude on the Circulatory System |
title_full | The Impact of Temporary Stay at High Altitude on the Circulatory System |
title_fullStr | The Impact of Temporary Stay at High Altitude on the Circulatory System |
title_full_unstemmed | The Impact of Temporary Stay at High Altitude on the Circulatory System |
title_short | The Impact of Temporary Stay at High Altitude on the Circulatory System |
title_sort | impact of temporary stay at high altitude on the circulatory system |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8068881/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33921196 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm10081622 |
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