Relation of Patent Foramen Ovale to Acute Mountain Sickness.


Journal

The American journal of cardiology
ISSN: 1879-1913
Titre abrégé: Am J Cardiol
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 0207277

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
15 06 2019
Historique:
received: 20 01 2019
revised: 22 02 2019
accepted: 05 03 2019
pubmed: 14 4 2019
medline: 31 1 2020
entrez: 14 4 2019
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

Over 50% of patients who rapidly ascend to extreme altitudes develop various symptoms known as acute mountain sickness (AMS), which rarely can be life threatening. It is unclear why some patients are more susceptible to AMS than others. Our objective was to determine whether patent foramen ovale (PFO) is a risk factor for AMS. Subjects who had hiked to altitudes above 10,000' (∼3,000 meters) on the John Muir Trail in California were recruited. Participants completed a questionnaire and 2-physician adjudication was performed in regard to AMS status. A transcranial Doppler with agitated saline contrast injection was performed to evaluate the presence or absence of PFO. The primary outcome was the development of AMS. From 2016 to 2018, 137 hikers were recruited into the study. There was a higher prevalence of PFO in hikers with AMS 15 of 24 (63%) compared with hikers without AMS 44 of 113 (39%); p = 0.034. In the multivariate model, the presence of a PFO significantly increased the risk for developing AMS: odds ratio 4.15, 95% confidence intervals 1.14 to 15.05; p = 0.030. In conclusion, hikers with a PFO had significantly higher risk of developing AMS relative to hikers without a PFO. Clinicians should consider PFO a risk factor in patients who plan to hike to high altitudes.

Identifiants

pubmed: 30979412
pii: S0002-9149(19)30331-5
doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2019.03.030
pmc: PMC6529279
mid: NIHMS1524244
pii:
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

2022-2025

Subventions

Organisme : NHLBI NIH HHS
ID : T32 HL007895
Pays : United States
Organisme : NCATS NIH HHS
ID : UL1 TR001881
Pays : United States

Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2019 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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Auteurs

Brian H West (BH)

Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California. Electronic address: bwest@mednet.ucla.edu.

Rubine Gevorgyan Fleming (RG)

Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California.

Bashar Al Hemyari (B)

Department of Medicine, University of California, Riverside, California.

Pooya Banankhah (P)

Department of Internal Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California.

Kenneth Meyer (K)

Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California.

Leslie H Rozier (LH)

Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California.

Linda S Murphy (LS)

University of California, Irvine Libraries, Reference Department, Irvine, California.

Alexandra C Coluzzi (AC)

Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California.

Joshua L Rusheen (JL)

David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California.

Preetham Kumar (P)

Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California.

David Elashoff (D)

Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California; Department of Biostatistics, UCLA, Los Angeles, California; Department of Biomathematics, UCLA, Los Angeles, California.

Jonathan M Tobis (JM)

Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California.

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