Response of the Cardiovascular System to Vibration and Combined Stresses

Abstract

Studies of the previous year indicated an inability of cardiac denervated dogs to maintain stroke volume during the positive g sub z portion of sinusoidal plus or minus 2 g sub z acceleration stress across the frequency range of 0.004 to 0.25 Hz. To investigate the inadequacy of stroke volume maintenance in these chronically instrumented animals, three cardiac dimensions have been added to provide heart volume information in addition to our standard instrumentation for measuring aortic flow and left and right ventricular and aortic arch pressures. To date, crystals have been implanted to record heart size in 27 animals (16 normal and 11 cardiac denervated) whose body weights ranged from 17 to 26 kg.

Open PDF

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1980
Accession Number
ADA094792

Entities

People

  • Charles F. Knapp
  • D. R. Randall
  • J. M. Evans

Organizations

  • University of Kentucky

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Arteries
  • Blood
  • Blood Volume
  • Cardiology
  • Cardiovascular Diseases
  • Cardiovascular Physiological Phenomena
  • Cardiovascular System
  • Endocrine Glands
  • Engineering
  • Heart
  • Heart Rate
  • Heart Valves
  • Measurement
  • Medical Personnel
  • Surgery
  • Veins

Fields of Study

  • Biology
  • Medicine

Readers

  • Cardiovascular Physiology