Cardiac Pacing in a Chronically Instrumented Non-Human Primate Model during Centrifugation,

Abstract

The Physiology Research Branch has developed a chronically instrumented non-human primate model for evaluating cardiac flincflon during exposure to altered gravitational environments. This model has been used to measure cardiovascular hemodynamics and electrical activity. We have expanded the model to include cardiac pacing for evaluation of responses and mechanisms in normal and dysrhythmic states. In paticular, we have been able to produce constant rates by means of atrial, ventricular, and dual chamber pacing during centrifligaflon. Preventricular contractions, bigeminal, and trigeminal rhythms have also been invoked using this same pacing model.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1995
Accession Number
ADA300621

Entities

People

  • Craig Reister
  • Gary Muniz
  • J. Schtaub
  • S. C. Koenig
  • Tim Fergusan

Organizations

  • United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerospace Environments
  • Aerospace Medicine
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Animals
  • Arteries
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Blood Flow
  • Cardiovascular Physiological Phenomena
  • Centrifuges
  • Environment
  • Heart
  • Heart Rate
  • Laboratory Animals
  • Pacemakers
  • Pressure Transducers
  • Test And Evaluation

Fields of Study

  • Biology
  • Medicine

Readers

  • Cardiovascular Physiology
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation