Adaptation of the main peripheral artery and vein to long term confinement (Mars 500).

PURPOSE: The objective was to check if 520 days in confinement (MARS 500), may affect the main peripheral arterial diameter and wall thickness and the main vein size. METHOD: Common carotid (CC) femoral artery (FA) portal vein (PV), jugular (JG), femoral vein (FV) and tibial vein were assessed durin...

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Main Authors: Philippe Arbeille, Romain Provost, Nicole Vincent, Andre Aubert
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3903485?pdf=render