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Effect of prolonged space flight on cardiac function and dimensionsBy taking advantage of the capabilities of echocardiography to measure noninvasively left ventricular volume, stroke volume, and ejection fraction, and of the fact that the astronauts were routinely subjected to lower body negative pressure (whereby cardiac filling is progressively decreased), it was possible to construct classic ventricular function curves noninvasively, thereby obviating the difficulties encountered in comparing cardiac function at different end-diastolic volumes preflight and postflight. In this manner, the effect of an 84-day period of weightlessness on cardiac structure and function was evaluated in the Skylab 4 astronauts.
Document ID
19770026871
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Other
Authors
Henry, W. L.
(National Inst. of Health Bethesda, MD, United States)
Epstein, S. E.
(National Inst. of Health Bethesda, MD, United States)
Griffith, J. M.
(National Inst. of Health Bethesda, MD, United States)
Goldstein, R. E.
(National Inst. of Health Bethesda, MD, United States)
Redwood, D. R.
(National Inst. of Health Bethesda, MD, United States)
Date Acquired
August 8, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1977
Publication Information
Publication: NASA., JSC Biomed. Results from Skylab
Subject Category
Aerospace Medicine
Accession Number
77N33815
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
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