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Cardiovascular function in healthy Himalayan high-altitude dwellers.
Atherosclerosis - 1 Sept 2014
Bruno R M, Cogo A, Ghiadoni L, Duo E, Pomidori L, Sharma R, Thapa G B, Basnyat B, Bartesaghi M, Picano E, Sicari R, Taddei S, Pratali L
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Residents of the Himalayan valleys uniquely adapted to their hypoxic environment in terms of pulmonary vasculature, but their systemic vascular function is still largely unexplored. The aim of the study was to investigate vascular function and structure in rural Sherpa population, permanently living at high altitude in Nepal (HA), in comparison with control Caucasian subjects (C) living at sea level....
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