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  1. Acetazolamide effect on nocturnal oxygenation, breathing and sleep in healthy individuals older than 40 years. RCT

    Article • September 2021, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Michael Furian

  2. Acetazolamide for Preventing Acute Mountain Sickness in Healthy Older than 40 years. RCT

    Article • September 2021, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Michael Furian

  3. Markers of cardiovascular risk and their reversibility with acute oxygen therapy in Kyrgyz highlanders with high altitude pulmonary hypertension

    Article • Pulmonology, September 2021, Elsevier

    Michael Furian, Professor Erkin Mirrakhimov

  4. Extravascular lung water and cardiac function assessed by echocardiography in healthy lowlanders during repeated very high-altitude exposure

    Article • International Journal of Cardiology, June 2021, Elsevier

    Michael Furian

  5. Nocturnal cerebral tissue oxygenation in lowlanders with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease travelling to an altitude of 2,590 m: Data from a randomised trial

    Article • Journal of Sleep Research, April 2021, Wiley

    Michael Furian

  6. Nocturnal Heart Rate and Cardiac Repolarization in Lowlanders With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease at High Altitude: Data From a Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial of Nocturnal Oxygen Therapy

    Article • Frontiers in Medicine, March 2021, Frontiers

    Michael Furian

  7. Effect of High-Flow Oxygen on Exercise Performance in COPD Patients. Randomized Trial

    Article • Frontiers in Medicine, February 2021, Frontiers

    Michael Furian

  8. Pulmonary haemodynamic response to exercise in highlanders versus lowlanders

    Article • ERJ Open Research, February 2021, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Silvia Ulrich, Michael Furian

  9. ECG changes at rest and during exercise in lowlanders with COPD travelling to 3100 m

    Article • International Journal of Cardiology, February 2021, Elsevier

    Michael Furian

  10. Effect of Normobaric Hypoxia on Exercise Performance in Pulmonary Hypertension

    Article • CHEST Journal, February 2021, Elsevier

    Michael Furian

  11. Validation of a Portable Blood Gas Analyzer for Use in Challenging Field Conditions at High Altitude

    Article • Frontiers in Physiology, January 2021, Frontiers

    Michael Furian

  12. Health Preference Measures in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome Undergoing Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Therapy: Data from a Randomized Trial

    Article • Respiration, January 2021, Karger Publishers

    Michael Furian

  13. Right Atrial Pressure During Exercise Predicts Survival in Patients With Pulmonary Hypertension

    Article • Journal of the American Heart Association, November 2020, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Michael Furian

  14. Altitude Travel in Patients With Pulmonary Hypertension: Randomized Pilot-Trial Evaluating Nocturnal Oxygen Therapy

    Article • Frontiers in Medicine, September 2020, Frontiers

    Michael Furian

  15. Altered cardiac repolarisation in highlanders with high‐altitude pulmonary hypertension during wakefulness and sleep

    Article • Journal of Sleep Research, August 2020, Wiley

    Michael Furian

  16. Effect of Nocturnal Oxygen Therapy on Nocturnal Hypoxemia and Sleep Apnea Among Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Traveling to 2048 Meters

    Article • JAMA Network Open, June 2020, American Medical Association (AMA)

    Michael Furian

  17. Cardiac function and pulmonary hypertension in Central Asian highlanders at 3250 m

    Article • European Respiratory Journal, May 2020, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Silvia Ulrich, Michael Furian

  18. Spirometry in Central Asian Lowlanders and Highlanders, a Population Based Study

    Article • Frontiers in Medicine, January 2020, Frontiers

    Michael Furian

  19. Effect of Breathing Oxygen-Enriched Air on Exercise Performance in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Cross-Over Trial

    Article • Respiration, January 2020, Karger Publishers

    Michael Furian

  20. Right-to-left shunts in lowlanders with COPD traveling to altitude: a randomized controlled trial with dexamethasone

    Article • Journal of Applied Physiology, January 2020, American Physiological Society

    Michael Furian

  21. Cognitive Effects of Repeated Acute Exposure to Very High Altitude Among Altitude-Experienced Workers at 5050 m

    Article • High Altitude Medicine & Biology, December 2019, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Michael Furian

  22. Prevention of altitude-related illness in patients with COPD by acetazolamide. RCT

    Article • September 2019, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Michael Furian

  23. Asthma rehabilitation at high vs. low altitude: randomized parallel-group trial

    Article • BMC Pulmonary Medicine, July 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Michael Furian

  24. Highlights from the 2018 European Respiratory Society International Congress: sleep and clinical physiology

    Article • ERJ Open Research, July 2019, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Isaac Almendros, Michael Furian

  25. Effect of domiciliary oxygen therapy on exercise capacity and quality of life in patients with pulmonary arterial or chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension: a randomised, placebo-controlled trial

    Article • European Respiratory Journal, May 2019, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Silvia Ulrich, Michael Furian

  26. Dexamethasone improves pulmonary hemodynamics in COPD-patients going to altitude: A randomized trial

    Article • International Journal of Cardiology, May 2019, Elsevier

    Michael Furian

  27. Blood pressure response to exposure to moderate altitude in patients with COPD

    Article • International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, March 2019, Dove Medical Press

    Silvia Ulrich, Michael Furian

  28. Effect of Dexamethasone on Nocturnal Oxygenation in Lowlanders With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Traveling to 3100 Meters

    Article • JAMA Network Open, February 2019, American Medical Association (AMA)

    Michael Furian

  29. Sleep and breathing disturbances in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease traveling to altitude: a randomized trial

    Article • SLEEP, December 2018, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Michael Furian

  30. Acute hemodynamic changes by breathing hypoxic and hyperoxic gas mixtures in pulmonary arterial and chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension

    Article • International Journal of Cardiology, November 2018, Elsevier

    Michael Furian

  31. Exercise performance and symptoms in lowlanders with COPD ascending to moderate altitude: randomized trial

    Article • International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, October 2018, Dove Medical Press

    Silvia Ulrich, Michael Furian, Thomas Rothe

  32. Efficacy of Dexamethasone in Preventing Acute Mountain Sickness in COPD Patients

    Article • CHEST Journal, October 2018, Elsevier

    Michael Furian

  33. Right and Left Heart Function in Lowlanders with COPD at Altitude: Data from a Randomized Study

    Article • Respiration, September 2018, Karger Publishers

    Michael Furian

  34. Effects on Cognitive Functioning of Acute, Subacute and Repeated Exposures to High Altitude

    Article • Frontiers in Physiology, August 2018, Frontiers

    Michael Furian

  35. Postural Control in Lowlanders With COPD Traveling to 3100 m: Data From a Randomized Trial Evaluating the Effect of Preventive Dexamethasone Treatment

    Article • Frontiers in Physiology, June 2018, Frontiers

    Michael Furian

  36. Effect of Acute, Subacute, and Repeated Exposure to High Altitude (5050 m) on Psychomotor Vigilance

    Article • Frontiers in Physiology, June 2018, Frontiers

    Michael Furian

  37. Nocturnal cerebral hypoxia in obstructive sleep apnoea: a randomised controlled trial

    Article • European Respiratory Journal, April 2018, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Michael Furian

  38. The 2018 Lake Louise Acute Mountain Sickness Score

    Article • High Altitude Medicine & Biology, March 2018, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Michael Furian, Professor Gregoire P Millet

  39. Exercise Performance of Lowlanders with COPD at 2,590 m: Data from a Randomized Trial

    Article • Respiration, January 2018, Karger Publishers

    Michael Furian

  40. Autoadjusted versus fixed CPAP for obstructive sleep apnoea: a multicentre, randomised equivalence trial

    Article • Thorax, October 2017, BMJ

    Michael Furian

  41. Effect of breathing oxygen-enriched air on exercise performance in patients with precapillary pulmonary hypertension: randomized, sham-controlled cross-over trial

    Article • European Heart Journal, March 2017, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Silvia Ulrich, Michael Furian

  42. Mechanisms of Improved Exercise Performance under Hyperoxia

    Article • Respiration, January 2017, Karger Publishers

    Michael Furian

  43. Mechanisms of Improved Exercise Performance under Hyperoxia: On Haldane, Geppert, Zunz, and Eschenbacher Transformations

    Article • Respiration, January 2017, Karger Publishers

    Michael Furian

  44. Association between sleep apnoea and pulmonary hypertension in Kyrgyz highlanders

    Article • European Respiratory Journal, December 2016, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Professor Erkin Mirrakhimov, Michael Furian

  45. Dexamethasone reduces pulmonary artery pressure in lowlanders with COPD travelling to 3200m. A randomized, placebo-controlled trial: TABLE 1

    Article • European Respiratory Journal, September 2016, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Professor Erkin Mirrakhimov, Michael Furian

  46. Cerebral oxygenation in lowlanders with COPD spending a night at 2590m:

    Article • European Respiratory Journal, September 2016, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Michael Furian

  47. Hyperoxia enhances exercise performance in PAH and CTEPH: Randomized trial:

    Article • European Respiratory Journal, September 2016, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Michael Furian

  48. Physical activity in COPD and its relationship to exercise performance and sleep:

    Article • European Respiratory Journal, September 2016, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Michael Furian

  49. Effect of hyperoxia on exercise performance in COPD: Randomized trial:

    Article • European Respiratory Journal, September 2016, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Michael Furian

  50. Respiratory acclimatization and psychomotor performance during 3 weeks at 3200m:

    Article • European Respiratory Journal, September 2016, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Michael Furian

  51. Postural control in COPD patients travelling from 760 m to 3200 m; randomized trial evaluating effects of dexamethasone

    Article • European Respiratory Journal, September 2016, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Michael Furian

  52. Altitude related adverse health effects in lowlanders with COPD travelling to 3200m: Table 1

    Article • European Respiratory Journal, September 2016, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Michael Furian

  53. Effect of dexamethasone on nocturnal breathing in lowlanders with COPD travelling to 3200m: TABLE

    Article • European Respiratory Journal, September 2016, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Michael Furian

  54. Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea Have Cardiac Repolarization Disturbances when Travelling to Altitude: Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial of Acetazolamide

    Article • SLEEP, September 2016, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Michael Furian

  55. Pressure-Flow During Exercise Catheterization Predicts Survival in Pulmonary Hypertension

    Article • CHEST Journal, July 2016, Elsevier

    Michael Furian

  56. Disease-Targeted Treatment Improves Cognitive Function in Patients with Precapillary Pulmonary Hypertension

    Article • Respiration, October 2015, Karger Publishers

    Michael Furian

  57. Cerebral oxygen availability limits exercise performance of lowlanders with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) travelling to 2590m

    Article • September 2015, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Michael Furian

  58. Disease-targeted treatment improves cognitive function in patients with pulmonary hypertension

    Article • September 2015, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Michael Furian

  59. Blood pressure response to altitude exposure in patients with COPD

    Article • September 2015, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Michael Furian

  60. OSA results in nocturnal cerebral hypoxia which is prevented by CPAP - Data from a randomised controlled trial

    Article • September 2015, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Michael Furian

  61. Breathing and sleep disturbances in lowlanders with COPD travelling to 2590m

    Article • September 2015, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Michael Furian

  62. Right and left ventricular function in lowlanders with COPD travelling to moderate altitude

    Article • September 2015, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Michael Furian

  63. Risk of malignant arrhythmia in highlanders with high altitude pulmonary hypertension during wakefulness and sleep

    Article • September 2015, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Professor Erkin Mirrakhimov, Michael Furian

  64. Time course of pulmonary artery pressure and clinical characteristics in Kyrgyz highlanders

    Article • September 2015, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Michael Furian

  65. Cerebral oxygenation in highlanders with and without high-altitude pulmonary hypertension

    Article • Experimental Physiology, July 2015, Wiley

    Professor Erkin Mirrakhimov, Michael Furian