Publication Date:
2019-07-10
Description:
The absence of unit gravity may cause physiological changes in the cardiovascular system. For instance, in the absence of Earth's gravity, venous return to the heart may increase due, in pan, to decreased pooling of the blood in the extremities. We hypothesize that this would produce an increase in the heart's work load ultimately resulting in hypertrophy.
Keywords:
Aerospace Medicine
Type:
NASA/CR-97-206173
,
NAS 1.26:206173
Format:
application/pdf
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