American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 103, Issue 11 , Pages 1605-1609, 1 June 2009

Echocardiographic and Tissue Doppler Imaging of Cardiac Adaptation to High Altitude in Native Highlanders Versus Acclimatized Lowlanders

  • Sandrine Huez, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
    • Department of Cardiology, Erasme University Hospital, Brussels, Belgium
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  • Vitalie Faoro, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
    • ,
  • Herve Guénard, MD

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Physiology, Faculty Victor Pachon, University of Bordeaux 2, Bordeaux, France
    • ,
  • Jean-Benoit Martinot, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pneumology, St.-Elisabeth-Hospital, Namur, Belgium
    • ,
  • Robert Naeije, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Tel: 322-5553322; fax: 322-5554124

Received 4 January 2009; received in revised form 5 February 2009; accepted 5 February 2009. published online 10 April 2009.

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 This work was supported by the Foundation of Cardiac Surgery and by Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique Médicale (Grant 3.4551.05), Brussels, Belgium. Dr. Huez was fellow of Fonds National de la Recherche Scientifique, Brussels, Belgium.

PII: S0002-9149(09)00551-7

doi:10.1016/j.amjcard.2009.02.006

American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 103, Issue 11 , Pages 1605-1609, 1 June 2009

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