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63: 120: 22: 222: 350:“The organic systems of human beings and all other species tend to adapt to any environmental change and circumstance within an optimal period of time, and never tend towards regression which would inevitably lead to death” 347:
and hypertrophy of the right ventricle seen at high altitude, above the normal values for such altitude, was originally affirmed to be due to "loss of adaptation". He changed this interpretation, as he strongly stood for
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Zubieta-Castillo, G.; Zubieta-Calleja, GR, Zubieta-Calleja, L. Zubieta-Castillo, Nancy (2008). "Facts that Prove that Adaptation to life at Extreme Altitude (8842m) is possible". In
362:. One of his theories was the proposal that man has the extraordinary capability to adapt to live in the hypoxic environment of the highest point on the planet Earth: the summit of 323:, all his work was focused on initially high altitude physiology and later evolved to high altitude pathology. He proposed new concepts and understanding of what was known as 396: 477: 300:, high altitude medicine expert, physiologist, army surgeon, writer, painter, who was named as the "Mountain Guru" at the St. John's Medical College in 137: 35: 482: 184: 156: 275: 203: 101: 49: 163: 472: 312: 79: 141: 72: 170: 83: 41: 152: 418: 324: 419:"Forever: "Loss of Adaptation" does not exist! | High Altitude Pulmonary & Pathology Institute (IPPA)" 289: 130: 344: 177: 467: 462: 397:"Prof. Dr. Gustavo Zubieta-Castillo's last breath was in his beloved high altitude La Paz, Bolivia" 355:
On July 9, 1970, Zubieta-Castillo founded the first high altitude clinic in the world located in
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