Before high-altitude exposure, patients should be evaluated by their cardiologist or
pulmonologist to ensure medical stability. Considerations for medical stability are important …

Abstract Luks, Andrew M. Can patients with pulmonary hypertension travel to high altitude?
High Alt. Med. Biol. 10: 215–219, 2009.—With the increasing popularity of adventure travel …

Ulrich, Silvia, Mona Lichtblau, Simon R. Schneider, Stéphanie Saxer, and Konrad E. Bloch,
Clinician's corner: counseling patients with pulmonary vascular disease traveling to high …

Several mechanisms enable healthy men to adapt rapidly to hypoxia at high altitude.
Hyperventilation increases the PAO2 by lowering alveolar PCO2. 2, 3 A rightward shift of the …

Extract Altitude exposure is generally considered to be contraindicated in pulmonary arterial
hypertension (PAH), out of concern that (hypobaric) hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction …

Objectives: Identify the etiology of high altitude pulmonary hypertension. Describe the
clinical evaluation of high altitude pulmonary hypertension. Outline the management options …

Introduction: Journeys to altitude touristic areas became increasingly popular also among
potentially vulnerable groups such as precapillary pulmonary hypertension due to …

Prediction of adverse health effects at altitude or during air travel is relevant, particularly in
pre-existing cardiopulmonary disease such as pulmonary arterial or chronic thromboembolic …

Pulmonary arterial hypertension and chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension are
the main precapillary forms of pulmonary hypertension (PH) summarized as pulmonary …

Bloch, Konrad E., Talant M. Sooronbaev, Silvia Ulrich, Mona Lichtblau, and Michael Furian.
Clinician's corner: counseling patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease traveling …