Cardiological aspects of human adaptation in the Far North
Turchinskiĭ, V.I.
Vestnik Akademii Meditsinskikh Nauk SSSR 1979(6): 23-32
1979
ISSN/ISBN: 0002-3027 PMID: 473891 Document Number: 152427
Physiological mechanisms of the cardiovascular system adaptation and epidemiology of ischemic heart disease were studied in the newcomer and aboriginal population of the Extreme North. A consecutive change of phases of rearrangements of the adaptive mechanisms in the cardiovascular system in the course of human adaptation in the Extreme North was found. The ischemic heart disease was unevenly distributed among the population of various medico-geographical zones of the Extreme North. One of the regular reactions of newcomers to the effect of a complex of the Extreme North factors was demonstrated to be a rise in the arterial blood pressure and the development of arterial hypertension in some people. Northern cardiology as a new scientific-practical aspect evidently should be separated from general cardiology. Means of prevention of cardiovascular diseases under definite conditions of the Extreme North are recommended.