Effect of spaceflight on cardiovascular responses to upright posture in a 77-year-old astronaut

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 88, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1335-1337

  Rossum, Alfred C ^a   Ziegler, Michael G ^c   Meck, Janice V ^b  

^a Phoenix Heart   (United States)

^b NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; NORADRENALIN;

ADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; AGED; AGING; BLOOD VOLUME; BODY POSTURE; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COSMONAUT; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIGITAL ARTERY; FITNESS; HEART OUTPUT; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NORADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; NORMAL HUMAN; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SPACE FLIGHT; STANDING; SUPINE POSITION; SYNCOPE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TILT TABLE TEST; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 0035581240     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(01)02104-X     Document Type: Article

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