Effects of depth and chest volume on cardiac function during breath-hold diving

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 106, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 683-689

  Marabotti, Claudio ^a,b,d   Scalzini, Alessandro ^b   Cialoni, Danilo ^c   Passera, Mirko ^b   Ripoli, Andrea ^b   L'Abbate, Antonio ^b,d   Bedini, Remo ^b,d  

^a UO Cardiovascolare UTIC Ospedale di Cecina   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

^c Apnea Academy Research   (Italy)

^d SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breath hold diving; Chest volume; Hemodynamics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREATHING DEPTH; BREATHING MECHANICS; BREATHING PATTERN; COMPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIVING; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FILLING; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE VOLUME; HEART OUTPUT; HEART RATE; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMERSION; LUNG VOLUME; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; DIVING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; HEART; HUMANS; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; IMMERSION; INSPIRATORY RESERVE VOLUME; LUNG VOLUME MEASUREMENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; THORAX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650287927     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-009-1068-8     Document Type: Article

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