Publications by authors named "Carla Ximena Murillo Jauregui"
Background: The 6-minute walk test is widely used and evaluates the functional capacity to perform sub-maximal exercise, its behavior in healthy young native hight-altitude resident is unknown.
Objective: To describe the behavior of the 6-minute walk test in healthy young native hight-altitude resident.
Material And Methods: Analytical cross-sectional design.
Article Synopsis
- There is significant variability in pulmonary artery pressure among people living at high altitudes, and the role of a patent foramen ovale (PFO), which is found in about 25% of the general population, may contribute to this variability in those with chronic mountain sickness.
- A study involving healthy high-altitude dwellers and patients with chronic mountain sickness found that the prevalence of PFO (32%) was consistent with low-altitude populations and did not differ significantly between the two groups.
- The presence of a PFO was linked to enlarged right ventricular (RV) size, an increased right-ventricular-to-right-atrial (RV-RA) pressure gradient, and a reduced ability of the RV to change during