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Sudden cardiac death (SCD) is the major cause of fatalities in males over 34 years of age during hiking or downhill skiing in the mountains. The main goal of the present study was the identification of risk factors and triggers associated with SCDs during these mountain activities. Besides recording
A previously healthy 29-year-old man who had verified Rocky Mountain spotted fever had a flaccid neurogenic bladder that resolved as he recovered from his infection. The neurologic complications of this disease are presumed to be related to vasculitis with resulting ischemia or infarction of nervous
Whether dyslipoproteinemias can be corrected with 24-day mountain therapy in a mid-mountainous area (the village of Malinovka, 1600 m above the sea-level) was studied in 225 males who had sustained large myocardial infarction. The posthospital rehabilitation of postinfarction patients in a
OBJECTIVE
The relationship between extreme exercise and coronary artery disease is not well understood, and the information available is contradictory. The aim of the present study was to determine whether strenuous endurance exercise, performed under conditions in which the partial pressure of
The reported average annual incidence of Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) in Kentucky is less than 5 per million population, although seroprevalence studies suggest that exposure to Rickettsia riskettsii, the causative agent, is relatively common among children. The experience with RMSF at Kosair
A number of cardiology problems connected with altitude are discussed. Dietetic and pharmacological measures of service to heart patients in high mountain environments are suggested. It is concluded that the more serious patients (belonging to the IVth and Vth N.Y.H.A. functional classes), those
According to most studies, persons living or being born at higher altitude have a lower risk of fatal myocardial infarction or stroke than lowlanders. The altitude effect is more pronounced for myocardial infarction than for stroke and generally stronger in men than in women. Possibly, exposure to a
Cardiac events are one of the leading causes of death in the Spanish population. Given the increase in the nontraumatic medical conditions found in mountain rescues, the objective of this study was to report on the heart conditions of patients rescued in the mountains of Aragón in the BACKGROUND
More than 5 million people/year over age 60 visit high altitude, which may exacerbate underlying cardiac or pulmonary disease. We hypothesized that the elderly would exhibit an impaired functional capacity at altitude, with increased myocardial ischemia compared with sea level
In chronic mountain sickness (CMS) patients, the structure of the brain, memory and cognition are often irreversibly damaged by chronic hypoxia due to red blood cell overcompensation, elevated haemoglobin and blood stasis. In this study, we aimed to evaluate this damage using diffusion tensor
OBJECTIVE
To compare neuroimaging findings and clinical features in patients with Rocky Mountain spotted fever and to determine the impact of imaging studies in the treatment of these patients.
METHODS
We reviewed the brain CT scans (n = 44), MR images (n = 6), or both (n = 4), and one MR spinal
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Annually, more than 100 million tourists with widely varying health and fitness status are attracted by the mountainous areas around the world. Whereas mountaineering activities may contribute to the well established beneficial effects of regular exercise, for certain individuals these
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On July 12, 2012, heavy rains struck southwest Japan, particularly in the Mount Aso area. Huge mud slides in the mountains destroyed houses, and heavy rains caused severe flooding in the inhabited areas. We investigated the incidence of cardiovascular events after the disaster.
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