Feasibility of real-time 3D echocardiography in weightlessness during parabolic flight.
J Gravit Physiol
; 11(2): P235-6, 2004 Jul.
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-16240526
ABSTRACT
Aim of the study was to test the feasibility of transthoracic real-time 3D (Philips) echocardiography (RT3D) during parabolic flight, to allow direct measurement of heart chambers volumes modifications during the parabola. One RT3D dataset corresponding to one cardiac cycle was acquired at each gravity phase (1 Gz, 1.8 Gz, 0 Gz, 1.8 Gz) during breath-hold in 8 unmedicated normal subjects (41 +/- 8 years old) in standing upright position. Preliminary results, obtained by semi-automatically tracing left ventricular (LV) and left atrial (LA) endocardial contours in multiple views (Tomtec), showed a significant (p<0.05) reduction, compared to 1 Gz, of LV and LA volumes with 1.8 Gz, and a significant increase with 0 Gz. Further analysis will focus on the right heart.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Voo Espacial
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Ausência de Peso
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Hipergravidade
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Ecocardiografia Tridimensional
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Gravitação
Limite:
Adult
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Humans
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Gravit Physiol
Assunto da revista:
FISIOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2004
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Itália