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Individual differences in the response of the heart mass to exposure to altitude have been known for a century (1). Individual differences in the response of hemoglobin or hematocrit levels to exposure to altitude have been known even longer (2). Little attention has been paid to the possible correlation of the two sets of data. However, at the other end of the hemoglobin scale, in anemia, it was found that heart mass is indirectly proportional to hemoglobin levels (3). We decided therefore to re-examine the heart mass/hemoglobin or hematocrit relations in altitude anoxia.
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Kopetzky, M.T., Daum, S. (1993). Relationship Between Heart Mass and Hemoglobin/Hematocrit at High Altitude — Function or Fallacy?. In: Ostadal, B., Dhalla, N.S. (eds) Heart Function in Health and Disease. Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine, vol 140. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-3090-9_13
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