Pan Li,Li Suzhi.Change of cardiac function in healthy young males following rapid travel to highlands[J].J Amry Med Univ (J Third Mil Med Univ),2012,34(11):1104-1106.
Pan Li,Li Suzhi.Change of cardiac function in healthy young males following rapid travel to highlands[J].J Amry Med Univ (J Third Mil Med Univ),2012,34(11):1104-1106.DOI:
Change of cardiac function in healthy young males following rapid travel to highlands
Objective To investigate the change of cardiac function in healthy young males in 1 day
1 week and 1 month after they first arrived at highlands of 3 680 meters above seal level from an altitude of 400 meters over sea level. Methods The interventricular septum thickness and amplitude
posterior left ventricular thickness and amplitude
left ventricular end-diastolic diameter
left ventricular end-diastolic volume and end-systolic volume
pulmonary artery pressure (PAP) were measured by Doppler echocardiography
and left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF)
left ventricular minor axis decurtation (LVMAD
△D%)
stroke volume (SV)
cardiac output (CO) and heart rate (HR) were calculated in 47 healthy young males in 1 week before and after they arrived at highlands of different meters over seal level. Results The HR
PAP and CO were significantly higher while the SV was significantly lower in the young males in 1 day after they arrived at highlands (P0.05). The HR and PAP were significantly higher while the LVEF
△D% and SV were significantly lower in the young males in 1 week after they arrived at highlands (P0.05). The CO and PAP were significantly higher while the LVEF
△D% and SV were significantly lower in the young males in 1 month after they arrived at highlands (P0.05). The HR
LVEF
△D%
SV and CO were significantly lower in 1 week after they arrived at highlands while the PAP was significantly higher in 1 month after they arrived at highlands than in 1 week they arrived at highlands. The LVEF
△D%
SV and CO were significantly higher while the HR was significantly lower in 1 month after they arrived at highlands than in 1 week after they arrived at highlands (P0.05). Conclusion Significant changes of cardiac function will occur in healthy young males after their rapid arrival at highlands
especially in 1 week after their arrival at highlands
during which attention should paid to the prevention of acute mountain sickness(AMS) and cardiovascular accidents (CVA). As young males will acclimatize themselves to the highlands in 1 month after their arrival
those individuals who are still have significant dysfunction on CF may be considered as susceptible population about chronic mountain sickness (CMS).
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