Cardiac atrophy after bed rest and spaceflight

A. Perhonen, Merja; Franco, Fatima; D. Lane, Lynda; C. Buckey, Jay; Gunnar Blomqvist, C.; E. Zerwekh, Joseph; M. Peshock, Ronald; T. Weatherall, Paul; D. Levine, Benjamin

doi:10.1152/jappl.2001.91.2.645

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Cardiac atrophy after bed rest and spaceflight

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Authors:

Merja A. Perhonen

Fatima Franco

Lynda D. Lane

Abstract

Cardiac muscle adapts well to changes in loading conditions. For example, left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy may be induced physiologically (via exercise training) or pathologically (via hypertension or valvular heart disease). If hypertension is treated, LV hypertrophy regresses, suggesting a sensit...

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