Cardiac and humoral changes induced by recreational scuba diving

Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 151-158

  Marabotti, C ^a   Chiesa, F ^a   Scalzini, A ^a   Antonelli, F ^a   Lari, R ^a   Franchini, C ^a   Data, P G ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Angiotensin converting enzyme; Circulating bubbles; Decompression illness

Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DIVING; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DIVING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HEMATOCRIT; HUMANS; MALE; PEPTIDYL-DIPEPTIDASE A; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 0033194337     PISSN: 10662936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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