The thrombotic risk of spaceflight: has a serious problem been overlooked for more than half of a century?

Volume: 42, Issue: 1, Pages: 97 - 100
Published: May 19, 2020
Abstract
The first ever venous thrombotic condition associated with spaceflight, an internal jugular vein thrombus requiring anticoagulation, has recently been reported. Systematic investigation of space travel-associated thrombotic risk has not been conducted. Cellular, animal, and human studies performed in ground-based models and in actual weightlessness revealed influences of weightlessness and gravity on the blood coagulation system. However, human...
Paper Details
Title
The thrombotic risk of spaceflight: has a serious problem been overlooked for more than half of a century?
Published Date
May 19, 2020
Volume
42
Issue
1
Pages
97 - 100
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