title: [The heart in extreme sports: hyperbaric activity and microgravity].
abstract: The study of the cardiovascular and respiratory modifications in extreme environments could be useful for the understanding of the adaptive mechanisms of the body in particular conditions. The knowledge of how different environmental conditions in terms of extreme pressure, temperature and gravity modify the neurovegetative and cardiovascular system could be useful in daily practice for hypobaric and hyperbaric sports.
authors.affiliation: U.O. di Cardiologia, Presidio di Alta Specializzazione "G.M. Lancisi", Ospedali Riuniti, Ancona. uberrettini@hotmail.it
authors.forename: Umberto
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Berrettini
authors.forename: Angelo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Landolfi
authors.forename: Giovanna
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Patteri
mesh_terms: D000337:Aerospace Medicine; D001049:Apnea / Q000503:physiopathology; D002320:Cardiovascular Physiological Phenomena; D004242:Diving / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000502:physiology*; D018478:Extravehicular Activity / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007101:Immersion / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000503:physiopathology; D013026:Space Flight; D013177:Sports / Q000502:physiology*; D014893:Weightlessness / Q000009:adverse effects