title: Cardiovascular physiology at high altitude.
abstract: The role of the cardiovascular system is to deliver oxygenated blood to the tissues and remove metabolic effluent. It is clear that this complex system will have to adapt to maintain oxygen deliver in the profound hypoxia of high altitude. The literature on the adaptation of both the systemic and pulmonary circulations to high altitude is reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Sir Humphry Davy Department of Anaesthesia, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust, Marlborough Street, Bristol BS2 8HW.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hooper
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mellor
mesh_terms: D000531:Altitude; D000532:Altitude Sickness / Q000503:physiopathology*; D001794:Blood Pressure; D002302:Cardiac Output; D002320:Cardiovascular Physiological Phenomena; D006339:Heart Rate; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D009051:Mountaineering / Q000502:physiology*; D005082:Physical Exertion / Q000502:physiology; D010953:Plasma Volume; D011652:Pulmonary Circulation