Effects of glossopharyngeal insufflation on cardiac function: An echocardiographic study in elite breath-hold divers

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 823-827

  Potkin, Ralph ^a,c   Cheng, Victor ^b   Siegel, Robert ^b  

^a Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Beverly Hills Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Apnea; Diving; Heart failure; Lung packing; Ventricular interdependence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AERATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BREATH HOLDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSKINESIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BREATHING EXERCISES; DIVING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHARYNX; TONGUE;

EID: 34548391799     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00125.2007     Document Type: Article

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