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Record Nr.

UNINA9910830371403321

Titolo

High altitude physiology [[electronic resource] ] : cardiac and respiratory aspects : a Ciba Foundation Symposium [held 17-18 February 1971] in honour of Professor Alberto Hurtado / / edited by Ruth Porter and Julie Knight

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Churchill Livingstone, 1971

ISBN

0-470-71538-3

0-470-71507-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (220 p.)

Collana

Ciba Foundation symposium

Altri autori (Persone)

PorterRuth

KnightJulie

HurtadoAlberto

Disciplina

612.1181

612/.1181

Soggetti

Altitude, Influence of

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

High Altitude Physiology: Cardiac and Respiratory Aspects; Contents; Chairman's introduction; The influence of high altitude on physiology; Discussion; Morphometric evaluation of changes in lung structure due to high altitude; Discussion; Chronic mountain sickness : pathology and definition; Cor pulmonale in chronic mountain sickness : present concept of Monge's disease; Discussion; Transarterial leakage: a possible mechanism of high altitude pulmonary oedema; Discussion; The carotid body in animals at high altitude; Discussion; Suprapontine influences on hypoxic ventilatory control

DiscussionGenetic aspects of the blunted chemoreflex ventilatory response to hypoxia in high altitude adaptation; Discussion; Some observations on the biochemistry of the myocardium at high altitude; Coronary blood flow and myocardial metabolism in man at high altitude; Discussion; Anatomy of the coronary circulation at high altitude; Discussion; Resistance and capacitance vessels of the skin in permanent and temporary residents at high altitude; Discussion; General Discussion; Chairman's closing remarks; Index of Contrieutors;



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