Tilmann Kramer, Jan Hoenemann, Henning Weis, Jens Jordan, Jens Tank, Stephan Rosenkranz, Stephan Baldus, Ulrich Limper
OBJECTIVE: Normobaric hypoxia induces pulmonary hypertension (PH) in healthy individuals and post-myocardial infarction (P-MI) patients. Depending on the size of the myocardial scar and the remaining left ventricular ejection fraction, P-MI patients are potentially more vulnerable to cardiac rhythm disorders than healthy individuals. Albeit of utmost importance for P-MI patients planning high altitude sojourn, data regarding effects of hypoxia on cardiac rhythm remain contradictory.The objective was to evaluate if normobaric hypoxia-induced PH triggers electrocardiographic changes at rest and under exertion in P-MI patients...
June 1, 2022: Journal of Hypertension