Numerical simulation of the influence of gravity and posture on cardiac performance

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 247-259

  Peterson, Kristy ^a   Ozawa, Edwin T ^b   Pantalos, George M ^c   Sharp, M Keith ^a  

^a University of Louisville   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^c University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer model; Hydrostatic pressure; Intrathoracic pressure; Postflight orthostatic intolerance; Spaceflight

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD; CARDIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; HEMODYNAMICS; SPACE FLIGHT;

ARTERIAL CIRCULATION; ATRIA; BIOMECHANIC STIMULI; INTRATHORACIC PRESSURE; LOWER BODY NEGATIVE PRESSURE; ORTHOSTATIC INTOLERANCE; ORTHOSTATIC RESPONSE; PULMONARY CIRCULATION; VENOUS CIRCULATION; VENTRICLES;

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY POSTURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GRAVITY; HEART; HEART FUNCTION TEST; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NASA DISCIPLINE CARDIOPULMONARY; NON-NASA CENTER; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

NASA DISCIPLINE CARDIOPULMONARY; NON-NASA CENTER;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BLOOD PRESSURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GRAVITATION; HEART; HEART FUNCTION TESTS; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION, ORTHOSTATIC; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; POSTURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX; WEIGHTLESSNESS; WEIGHTLESSNESS SIMULATION;

EID: 0036010516     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1114/1.1451075     Document Type: Article

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