Non-invasive measurement of pulmonary artery pressure in humans with simulated altitude-induced venous gas emboli

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 128-133

  Diesel, Donald A ^a   Ryles, Marvin T ^a   Pilmanis, Andrew A ^a   Balldin, Ulf I ^a  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Altitude; Echo imaging technique; Hypobaric exposure; Pulmonary artery pressure; Venous gas emboli

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN;

ALTITUDE DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DISEASE SIMULATION; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; EXERCISE; GAS EMBOLISM; HUMAN; HYPOBARISM; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG CAPACITY; LUNG CLEARANCE; MALE; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION;

NON-PROGRAMMATIC;

AEROSPACE MEDICINE; ALTITUDE; BLOOD PRESSURE; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; EMBOLISM, AIR; HUMANS; MALE; PULMONARY ARTERY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0036165671     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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