Why the study?
Does whole body passive heating alter left ventricular twist, untwisting rates, and diastolic function in healthy subjects?
Does whole body passive heating alter left ventricular twist, untwisting rates, and diastolic function in healthy subjects?
Passive heat stress increases LV twist and untwisting rates, which maintains early diastolic function despite reduced filling pressures.
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May support adaptive diastolic responses to heat in healthy hearts; hypothesis-generating for therapeutic translation in cardiac patients.
Nelson et al. (2010) studied this question.
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