Should People with Patent Foramen Ovale Go to High Altitude? A Case Report of an Alpinist with a Patent Foramen Ovale Exposed to Extreme Altitude

High Alt Med Biol. 2016 Mar;17(1):54-5. doi: 10.1089/ham.2015.0060. Epub 2016 Feb 22.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ 1 3rd Chair and Department of Cardiology, Silesian Center for Heart Diseases , Zabrze, Poland .
² 2 Department of Congenital Heart Diseases and Pediatric Cardiology, Silesian Center for Heart Diseases , Zabrze, Poland .
³ 3 School of Medicine with the Division of Dentistry in Zabrze, Medical University of Silesia , Katowice, Poland .

PMID: 26901450
DOI: 10.1089/ham.2015.0060

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Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Adult
Altitude Sickness / etiology*
Altitude*
Echocardiography
Foramen Ovale, Patent / complications*
Foramen Ovale, Patent / diagnostic imaging
Humans
Ischemic Attack, Transient / etiology
Male
Mountaineering / physiology*
Risk Factors