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High‐Altitude Pulmonary Hypertension in Cattle (Brisket Disease): Candidate Genes and Gene Expression Profiling of Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells
1 Oct 2011
Abstract excerpt
High-altitude pulmonary hypertension (HAPH) is a consequence of chronic alveolar hypoxia, leading to hypoxic vasoconstriction and remodeling of the pulmonary circulation. Brisket disease in cattle is a naturally occurring animal model of hypoxic pulmonary hypertension. Genetically susceptible cattle develop severe pulmonary hypertension and right heart failure at altitudes >7,000 ft. No information currently...
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