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HH has been shown to drive cardiac inflammation in both ventricles by inducing maladaptive metabolic reprogramming of macrophages, which evokes aggravated proinflammatory responses, promoting myocarditis, fibrotic remodeling, arrhythmias, heart failure, and sudden deaths. The use of salidroside or altitude preconditioning (AP) before visiting high altitudes has been extensively shown to exert cardioprotective effects. Even so, both therapeutic interventions have geographical limitations and\/or are inaccessible\/unavailable to the majority of the population as drawbacks. Meanwhile, occlusion preconditioning (OP) has been extensively demonstrated to prevent hypoxia-induced cardiomyocyte damage by triggering endogenous cardioprotective cascades to mitigate myocardial damage. Herein, with the notion that OP can be conveniently applied anywhere, we sought to explore it as an alternative therapeutic intervention for preventing HH-induced myocarditis, remodeling, and arrhythmias.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>OP intervention (6 cycles of 5 min occlusion with 200 mmHg for 5 min and 5 min reperfusion at 0 mmHg \u2013 applying to alternate hindlimb daily for 7 consecutive days) was performed, and its impact on cardiac electric activity, immunoregulation, myocardial remodeling, metabolic homeostasis, oxidative stress responses, and behavioral outcomes were assessed before and after exposure to HH in mice. In humans, before and after the application of OP intervention (6 cycles of 5 min occlusion with 130% of systolic pressure and 5 min reperfusion at 0 mmHg \u2013 applying to alternate upper limb daily for 6 consecutive days), all subjects were assessed by cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Comparing the outcomes of OP to AP intervention, we observed that similar to the latter, OP preserved cardiac electric activity, mitigated maladaptive myocardial remodeling, induced adaptive immunomodulation and metabolic homeostasis in the heart, enhanced antioxidant defenses, and conferred resistance against HH-induce anxiety-related behavior. Additionally, OP enhanced respiratory and oxygen-carrying capacity, metabolic homeostasis, and endurance in humans.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>Overall, these findings demonstrate that OP is a potent alternative therapeutic intervention for preventing hypoxia-induced myocarditis, cardiac remodeling, arrhythmias, and cardiometabolic disorders and could potentially ameliorate the progression of other inflammatory, metabolic, and oxidative stress-related diseases.   <\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fimmu.2023.1124649","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,2,15]],"date-time":"2023-02-15T11:17:49Z","timestamp":1676459869000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":7,"title":["Occlusion preconditioned mice are resilient to hypobaric hypoxia-induced myocarditis and arrhythmias due to enhanced immunomodulation, metabolic homeostasis, and antioxidants 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