Spaceflight is associated with transient myocardial over-distention upon landing and an increased risk of cardiac fibrosis in cosmonauts.
Does spaceflight increase the risk of myocardial over-distention and cardiac fibrosis in cosmonauts?
Spaceflight is associated with transient myocardial over-distention upon landing and an increased risk of cardiac fibrosis in cosmonauts.
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Our findings indicate a transient myocardial over-distention upon landing, as well as an increased risk of cardiac fibrosis after spaceflight. Goncharova AG, Pastushkova LH, Luchitskaya ES, Kashirina DN, Nosovsky AM, Goncharov IN, Kireev KS, Larina IM. Protein marker ST2 and myocardial mapping of cosmonauts after spaceflight. Aerosp Med Hum Perform. 2026; 97(4):243-248.
Goncharova et al. (Sat,) reported a other. Spaceflight is associated with transient myocardial over-distention upon landing and an increased risk of cardiac fibrosis in cosmonauts.