Effects of Slow Deep Breathing at High Altitude on Oxygen Saturation, Pulmonary and Systemic Hemodynamics

Grzegorz Bilo; Miriam Revera; Maurizio Bussotti; Daniele Bonacina; Katarzyna Styczkiewicz; Gianluca Caldara; Alessia Giglio; Andrea Faini; Andrea Giuliano; Carolina Lombardi; Kalina Kawecka-Jaszcz; Giuseppe Mancia; Piergiuseppe Agostoni; Gianfranco Parati

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0049074

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Effects of Slow Deep Breathing at High Altitude on Oxygen Saturation, Pulmonary and Systemic Hemodynamics

Grzegorz Bilo,

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, San Luca Hospital, Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milan, Italy
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Miriam Revera,

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, San Luca Hospital, Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milan, Italy
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Maurizio Bussotti,

Affiliation Cardiologia Riabilitativa, Fondazione Salvatore Maugeri, IRCCS, Milan, Italy
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Daniele Bonacina,

Affiliation Department of Clinical Medicine and Prevention, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
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Katarzyna Styczkiewicz,

Affiliation I Department of Cardiology and Hypertension, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland
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Gianluca Caldara,

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, San Luca Hospital, Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milan, Italy
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Alessia Giglio,

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, San Luca Hospital, Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milan, Italy
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Andrea Faini,

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, San Luca Hospital, Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milan, Italy
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Andrea Giuliano,

Affiliations Department of Cardiology, San Luca Hospital, Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milan, Italy, Department of Clinical Medicine and Prevention, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
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Carolina Lombardi,

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, San Luca Hospital, Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milan, Italy
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Kalina Kawecka-Jaszcz,

Affiliation I Department of Cardiology and Hypertension, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland
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Giuseppe Mancia,

Affiliation Department of Clinical Medicine and Prevention, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
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Piergiuseppe Agostoni ,

* E-mail: piergiuseppe.agostoni@unimi.it

Affiliation Centro Cardiologico Monzino, IRCCS, and Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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Gianfranco Parati

Affiliations Department of Cardiology, San Luca Hospital, Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milan, Italy, Department of Clinical Medicine and Prevention, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
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Effects of Slow Deep Breathing at High Altitude on Oxygen Saturation, Pulmonary and Systemic Hemodynamics

Grzegorz Bilo,
Miriam Revera,
Maurizio Bussotti,
Daniele Bonacina,
Katarzyna Styczkiewicz,
Gianluca Caldara,
Alessia Giglio,
Andrea Faini,
Andrea Giuliano,
Carolina Lombardi

Published: November 12, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0049074

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