Open AccessCerebral Autoregulation in Subjects Adapted and Not Adapted to High Altitude
Author(s) -
Gerard F. A. Jansen,
Anne Krins,
Buddha Basnyat,
Andries Bosch,
Joseph A. Odoom
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
stroke
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397
H-Index - 319
eISSN - 1524-4628
pISSN - 0039-2499
DOI - 10.1161/01.str.31.10.2314
Subject(s) - autoregulation , middle cerebral artery , phenylephrine , medicine , hemodynamics , anatomy , blood pressure , anesthesia , ischemia
Impaired cerebral autoregulation (CA) from high-altitude hypoxia may cause high-altitude cerebral edema in newcomers to a higher altitude. Furthermore, it is assumed that high-altitude natives have preserved CA. However, cerebral autoregulation has not been studied at altitude.
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