Objective evaluation of changes in left ventricular and atrial volumes during parabolic flight using real-time three-dimensional echocardiography

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 460-468

  Caiani, E G ^a   Sugeng, L ^b   Weinert, L ^b   Capderou, A ^c   Lang, R M ^b   Vaida P ^d  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Cardiac function; Countermeasures; Image processing; Weightlessness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREATH HOLDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE VOLUME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

EID: 33746664271     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00014.2006     Document Type: Article

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