Preserved peak exercise capacity in Andean highlanders with excessive erythrocytosis both before and after isovolumic hemodilution
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DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00439.2022
Abstract: In chronic mountain sickness (CMS), increased blood O2 carrying capacity due to excessive erythrocytosis (EE, [Hb] ≥ 21g/dl) could be offset, especially during exercise, by both impaired cardiac output (QT) and O2 diffusion limitation in… read more here.
Keywords: capacity; excessive erythrocytosis; exercise capacity; blood ... See more keywords