Acute Mountain Sickness in a Subject with Metabolic Syndrome at High Altitude

Abstract

Abstract

Strapazzon, Giacomo, Annalisa Cogo, and Andrea Semplicini. Acute mountain sickness in a subject with metabolic syndrome at high altitude. High Alt. Med. Biol. 9:245–248, 2008.—Visitors at high altitude are increasing in age and comorbidities, which can lead to a failure in acclimatization. We describe the development of acute mountain sickness (AMS) in a 44-year-old man with metabolic syndrome and the time- and altitude-dependent correlation between the development of AMS and blood pressure and heart rate changes. Our observations support a dominant role of endothelial dysfunction in the pathogenesis of AMS and suggest new behavioral indications.