Pulmonary artery pressure response to simulated air travel in a hypobaric chamber

Aerospace Medicine and Human Performance

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 529-534

  Turner, Brandon E ^a   Hodkinson, Peter D ^b,c   Timperley, Andrew C ^b   Smith, Thomas G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Roy Air Force Ctr of Aviat Med   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aeromedical transportation; Aircraft cabin hypoxia; Elderly; Hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction; Passenger fitness to fly

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AGED; AIRCRAFT; ANOXIA; AVIATION; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PULMONARY ARTERY; SYSTOLE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AGED; AIR TRAVEL; AIRCRAFT; ANOXIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY ARTERY; SYSTOLE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84938929526     PISSN: 23756314     EISSN: 23756322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3357/AMHP.4177.2015     Document Type: Article

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