Proceedings of the First Joint NASA Cardiopulmonary Workshop

The topics covered include the following: flight echocardiography, pulmonary function, central hemodynamics, glycerol hyperhydration, spectral analysis, lower body negative pressure countermeasures, orthostatic tolerance, autonomic function, cardiac deconditioning, fluid and renal responses to head-down tilt, local fluid regulation, endocrine regulation during bed rest, autogenic feedback, and chronic cardiovascular measurements. The program ended with a general discussion of weightlessness models and countermeasures