Elevation of Pulmonary Artery Pressure in Newborns from High-Altitude Pregnancies Complicated by Preeclampsia

• Glavni autori: Carlos E. Salinas-Salmon (Autor), Carla Murillo-Jauregui (Autor), Marcelino Gonzales-Isidro (Autor), Vannia Espinoza-Pinto (Autor), Silvia V. Mendoza (Autor), Rosario Ruiz (Autor), Ronald Vargas (Autor), Yuri Perez (Autor), Jaime Montaño (Autor), Lilian Toledo (Autor), Abraham Badner (Autor), Jesús Jimenez (Autor), Javier Peñaranda (Autor), Catherine Romero (Autor), Martha Aguilar (Autor), Loyola Riveros-Gonzales (Autor), Ivar Arana (Autor), Eduardo Villamor (Autor)
• Format: Knjiga
• Izdano: MDPI AG, 2023-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Teme: article
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We hypothesized that fetal exposure to the oxidative stress induced by the combined challenge of preeclampsia (PE) and high altitude would induce a significant impairment in the development of pulmonary circulation. We conducted a prospective study in La Paz (Bolivia, mean altitude 3625 m) in which...