Mt Everest trek causes impaired cardiac high energy phosphate metabolism and diastolic impairment

doi:10.1186/1532-429X-11-S1-O6

Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance

Volume 11
Suppl 1

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This article is part of the supplement: Abstracts of the 12th Annual SCMR Scientific Sessions – 2009 .

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Mt Everest trek causes impaired cardiac high energy phosphate metabolism and diastolic impairment

Cameorn J Holloway¹, Andrew Murray¹, Lowri E Cochlin¹, Yaso Emmanuel¹, Denny ZH Levett², Oliver J Rider¹, Damian J Tyler¹, Matthew Robson¹, Jane M Francis¹, Hugh Montgomery², Michael PW Grocott², Stefan Neubauer¹ and Kieran Clarke¹

¹University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

²UCL, London, London, UK

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from 12^thAnnual SCMR Scientific Sessions
Orlando, FL, USA. 29 January–1 February 2009

Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance 2009, 11(Suppl 1):O6doi:10.1186/1532-429X-11-S1-O6


Published:	28 January 2009

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Cardiac function in normal subjects is altered by exposure to hypobaric hypoxia, yet the cellular mechanisms leading to such changes are unknown. We have examined the impact of sustained exposure to environmental hypobaric hypoxia, on cardiac function and energetics.