Gerald Dubowitz, MB, ChB, Andrew J. Peacock, MD

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Pulmonary Artery Pressure in Healthy Subjects at 4250m Measured by Doppler Echocardiography Gerald Dubowitz, MB, ChB, Andrew J. Peacock, MD Wilderness & Environmental Medicine Volume 18, Issue 4, Pages 305-311 (December 2007) DOI: 10.1580/07-WEME-OR-094R1.1 Copyright © 2007 Wilderness Medical Society Terms and Conditions

Figure 1 Himalayan Rescue Association clinic, Pheriche, Nepal, 4250m. Wilderness & Environmental Medicine 2007 18, 305-311DOI: (10.1580/07-WEME-OR-094R1.1) Copyright © 2007 Wilderness Medical Society Terms and Conditions

Figure 2 Subject being examined at Himalayan Rescue Association clinic, Pheriche, Nepal, 4250m. Wilderness & Environmental Medicine 2007 18, 305-311DOI: (10.1580/07-WEME-OR-094R1.1) Copyright © 2007 Wilderness Medical Society Terms and Conditions

Figure 3 Typical tracing of tricupid regurgitant jet as seen using echo Doppler from a subject at 4250m, before intervention with oxygen. Wilderness & Environmental Medicine 2007 18, 305-311DOI: (10.1580/07-WEME-OR-094R1.1) Copyright © 2007 Wilderness Medical Society Terms and Conditions

Figure 4 Mean pulmonary artery systolic pressure before and after oxygen intervention at 4250m. Wilderness & Environmental Medicine 2007 18, 305-311DOI: (10.1580/07-WEME-OR-094R1.1) Copyright © 2007 Wilderness Medical Society Terms and Conditions