Evidence for increased cardiac compliance during exposure to simulated microgravity

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 275, Issue 4 44-4, 1998, Pages

  Koenig, Steven C ^a   Convertino, Victor A ^a,e   Fanton, John W ^a   Reister, Craig A ^a   Gaffney, F Andrew ^b   Ludwig, David A ^c   Krotov, Vladimir P ^d   Trambovetsky, Eugene V ^d   Latham, Rickey D ^a  

^a Air Force Materiel Command   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL PROBLEMS   (Russian Federation)

^e US ARMY INSTITUTE OF SURGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenergic function; Blood pressure; Central venous pressure; Head down tilt

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEAD TILTING; HEART; HEART MUSCLE COMPLIANCE; HEART OUTPUT; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HEMODYNAMICS; LOWER BODY NEGATIVE PRESSURE; MALE; MICROGRAVITY; NONHUMAN; PLASMA VOLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; STANDING;

EID: 0031765724     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1998.275.4.r1343     Document Type: Article

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