Influence of repetitive open sea dives and physical exercises on right-to-left shunting in healthy divers

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 634-636

  Blatteau, J E ^a,d   Peny C ^a   Pontier, J M ^b   Gempp, E ^c   Louge, P ^b  

^a Hopital d'Instruction des Armees Sainte Anne   (France)

^b École de plongée de la marine nationale   (France)

^c Institut de Medecine Navale   (France)

^d Military Teaching Hospital Sainte Anne   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DIVING; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; GAS EMBOLISM; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM PRESSURE; HEART RIGHT LEFT SHUNT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MILITARY MEDICINE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARADOXICAL EMBOLISM; PREVALENCE;

ADULT; DECOMPRESSION; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DIVING; EMBOLISM, AIR; EMBOLISM, PARADOXICAL; EXERCISE; FORAMEN OVALE, PATENT; HUMANS; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PULMONARY CIRCULATION; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 56549118383     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.2007.042226     Document Type: Article

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