▪ Abstract The high-altitude Andean and Tibetan Plateaus offer natural experimental settings
for investigating the outcome of the past action of evolution and adaptation as well as those …

Elevated pulmonary arterial pressure in high-altitude residents may be a maladaptive
response to chronic hypoxia. If so, well-adapted populations would be expected to have …

Lack of Smooth Muscle in the Small Pulmonary Arteries of the Native Ladakhi: Is the
Himalayan Highlander Adapted? Page 1 Lack of Smooth Muscle in the Small Pulmonary …

The first description of the effects of hypoxia on thepulmonary circulation was made by
Bradford and Dean in the UK exactly 100 years ago.'However, scientific interest in this field …

Comparisons with 14 normal, younger, male native residents of La Paz showed that 20
patients with Monge's syndrome have significantly higher mean body surface areas …

Despite aerobic activity requiring up to tenfold increases in air intake, human populations in
high-altitude hypoxic environments can sustain high levels of endurance physical activity …

La Paz, the capital of Bolivia, a city with about 700,000 inhabitants, extends itself from an
altitude of 4000 m above sea level down to 3200 m. The altitude of the Bolivian Institute of …

Increased prevalence of patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) at high altitude (HA) is a known
occurrence. Transcatheter treatment of patients with PDA living at a HA is assessed in this …

Measurements of mean pulmonary artery pressure (MPAP) and alveolar oxygen tension (p
A02) in normal man at 8 altitudes between sea level and 17,100 ft and predicted values for …

Overall lung volumes, regional residual volume to total lung capacity ratio (RVr/TLCr),
regional ventilation (V̇/V) and perfusion (Q̇/V) were measured at 670 m in six Quechua …