Spleen volume and blood flow response to repeated breath-hold apneas

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1460-1466

  Baković, Darija ^a   Valic, Zoran ^a   Eterović, Davor ^a   Vuković, Ivica ^b   Obad, Ante ^b   Marinović Terzić, Ivana ^a   Dujić, Željko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SPLIT   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SPLIT   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Diving reflex; Human; Professional divers; Spleen contraction; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APNEA; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOWMETRY; BRADYCARDIA; BREATH HOLDING; CARDIOPULMONARY HEMODYNAMICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DIVING; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMERSION; MALE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; ORGAN SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN; SPLEEN ARTERY; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENIC VEIN; TRAINING; WATER IMMERSION;

EID: 0141567905     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00221.2003     Document Type: Article

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