Effects of acetazolamide on central blood pressure, peripheral blood pressure, and arterial distensibility at acute high altitude exposure
Author(s) -
Gianfranco Parati,
Miriam Revera,
Andrea Giuliano,
Andrea Faini,
Grzegorz Bilo,
Francesca Gregorini,
Elisabetta Lisi,
Sabrina Salerno,
Carolina Lombardi,
Carlos Gerardo Ramos Becerra,
Giuseppe Mancia,
Paolo Salvi
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
european heart journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.336
H-Index - 293
eISSN - 1522-9645
pISSN - 0195-668X
DOI - 10.1093/eurheartj/ehs140
Subject(s) - acetazolamide , medicine , effects of high altitude on humans , blood pressure , hemodynamics , placebo , heart rate , hypoxia (environmental) , altitude (triangle) , anesthesia , cardiology , diastole , pulse wave velocity , oxygen , chemistry , organic chemistry , pathology , alternative medicine , geometry , mathematics , anatomy
We assessed the haemodynamic changes induced by exposure to high altitude hypoxia and the effects on them of acetazolamide, a drug prescribed to prevent and treat mountain sickness.
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