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 …

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 …

Increased pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR) and pulmonary artery pressure (Ppa) upon
ascent to high altitude universally occur in humans and other mammals, although the …

In the present issue of the European Respiratory Journal, Soria et al.[1] report on a meta-
analysis of echocardiographic estimates of systolic pulmonary artery pressure (sPAP) in 287 …

Background Many patients with pulmonary arterial or chronic thromboembolic pulmonary
hypertension (PH) wish to travel to altitude or by airplane, but their risk of hypoxia-related …

Question addressed by the study To investigate exercise performance and hypoxia-related
health effects in patients with pulmonary hypertension (PH) during a high-altitude sojourn …

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

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 …

Ascent to altitude uniformly reduces exercise capacity. Even following acclimatization,
maximal oxygen consumption (VO2max) remains well below sea level values (Calbet et al …

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 …