Over the last 100 years, high‐altitude researchers have amassed a comprehensive
understanding of the global cardiac responses to acute, prolonged and lifelong hypoxia …

New Findings What is the central question of this study? Herein, a methodological overview
of our research team's (Global REACH) latest high altitude research expedition to Peru is …

Advanced Environmental Exercise Physiology, Second Edition, offers physiology students
and exercise science professionals a complete look at the major topics and debates in the …

This pre-eminent work has developed over six editions in response to man's attempts to
climb higher and higher unaided, and to spend more time at altitude for both work and …

Sympathoexcitation is a hallmark of hypoxic exposure, occurring acutely, as well as
persisting in acclimatised lowland populations and with generational exposure in highland …

The first ascent of Mount Everest by Tenzing Norgay and Sir Edmund Hillary in 1953 brought
global attention to the Sherpa people and human performance at altitude. The Sherpa …

Acute hypoxia increases pulmonary arterial (PA) pressures, though its effect on right
ventricular (RV) function is controversial. The objective of this study was to characterize …

New Findings What is the central question of this study? Does chronic mountain sickness
(CMS) alter sympathetic neural control and arterial baroreflex regulation of blood pressure in …

Hemoconcentration can influence hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction (HPV) via increased
frictional force and vasoactive signaling from erythrocytes, but whether the balance of these …

Objective Exposure to high altitudes represents physiological stress that leads to significant
changes in cardiovascular properties. However, long-term cardiovascular adaptions to high …