EVALUATION OF CARDIAC-RHYTHM DISTURBANCES DURING EXTRAVEHICULAR ACTIVITY

Authors
ROSSUM AC WOOD ML BISHOP SL DEBLOCK H CHARLES JB
Citation
Ac. Rossum et al., EVALUATION OF CARDIAC-RHYTHM DISTURBANCES DURING EXTRAVEHICULAR ACTIVITY, The American journal of cardiology, 79(8), 1997, pp. 1153
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
The American journal of cardiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00029149
Volume
79
Issue
8
Year of publication
1997
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9149(1997)79:8<1153:EOCDDE>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
This study represents the first systematic evaluation of dysrhythmias before, during, and after spaceflight including extravehicular activit y (EVA). The data, based on 7 Shuttle crew members. revealed a nonsign ificant decrease in ventricular and supraventricular ectopy during EVA , suggesting that the incidence of dysrhythmias is no greater during E VA than with any other phase of a mission or preflight.