Evaluation of cardiac rhythm disturbances during extravehicular activity

Am J Cardiol. 1997 Apr 15;79(8):1153-5. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9149(97)00071-4.

Abstract

This study represents the first systematic evaluation of dysrhythmias before, during, and after spaceflight including extravehicular activity (EVA). The data, based on 7 Shuttle crew members, revealed a nonsignificant decrease in ventricular and supraventricular ectopy during EVA, suggesting that the incidence of dysrhythmias is no greater during EVA than with any other phase of a mission or preflight.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Arrhythmias, Cardiac / physiopathology*
  • Electrocardiography, Ambulatory
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Male
  • Severity of Illness Index
  • Space Flight*
  • Spacecraft
  • Weightlessness