Elasticity/distensibility of the ascending aorta: Basal conditions and simulated conditions from space flights

European Review for Medical and Pharmacological Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 421-426

  Alessandri, Nicola ^a   Tufano, F ^a   Petrassi, M ^a   Alessandri, C ^a   Lanzi, L ^a   Fusco, L ^a   Moscariello, F ^a   De Angelis, C ^b   Tomao, E ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b Military Airport Pratica di Mare   (Italy)

Author keywords

Elasticity distensibility of the ascending aorta; Simulate the microgravity conditions; Windkessel function

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; BLOOD PRESSURE VARIABILITY; BODY POSTURE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOWER BODY NEGATIVE PRESSURE; MALE; MICROGRAVITY; NORMAL HUMAN; SPACE FLIGHT; AORTA; BLOOD PRESSURE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART RATE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

ADULT; AORTA; BLOOD PRESSURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LOWER BODY NEGATIVE PRESSURE; MALE; POSTURE; SPACE FLIGHT; WEIGHTLESSNESS SIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954641029     PISSN: 11283602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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