Cardiopulmonary response to high-altitude mountaineering in lung transplant recipients-The Jebel Toubkal experience.
Lore SchrutkaAlexis SlamaJakob MuehlbacherVasiliki BessaPaul LichteneggerÁron GhimessyGerold EbenbichlerRoland WinklerPeter FaybikEdith NachbaurClemens AignerKonrad HoetzeneckerPeter JakschAlberto BenazzoPublished in: Scandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports (2021)
Strenuous exercise in healthy lung transplant recipients is safe. However, the poorer cardiopulmonary performance in the 6-minute walk test and the lack of right ventricular cardiac adaptation may indicate underlying autonomic dysregulation.