Insufficient cutaneous vasoconstriction leading up to and during syncopal symptoms in the heat stressed human

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 299, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Crandall, C G ^a,b   Shibasaki, M ^c   Wilson, T E ^d  

^a PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL OF DALLAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NARA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Baroreceptors; Hyperthermia; Orthostasis; Skin blood flow

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEAT STRESS; HEAT SYNCOPE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NORMAL HUMAN; ORTHOSTATIC STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SKIN BLOOD VESSEL; VASOCONSTRICTION;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CARDIAC OUTPUT; FEMALE; FEVER; HEAD-DOWN TILT; HEART RATE; HEAT STRESS DISORDERS; HUMANS; LOWER BODY NEGATIVE PRESSURE; MALE; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN; SYNCOPE; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 77958046535     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00290.2010     Document Type: Article

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