Objective Patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) are often recommended
supplemental oxygen for altitude travel due to the possible deleterious effects of hypoxia on …

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

Background There is insufficient evidence to counsel patients with pulmonary hypertension
undergoing altitude or air travel. We thus aimed to study hemodynamic response of patients …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Smith TG, Talbot NP, Chang RW, Wilkinson E, Nickol AH, Newman DG, Robbins PA,
Dorrington KL. Pulmonary artery pressure increases during commercial air travel in healthy …

Background: Travelling to high altitude (HA) presents a risk of the high levels of pulmonary
artery pressure (PAP) at altitude, which is associated with impaired exercise capacity and …