Short Title:
VIIP MRV
Responsible HRP Element:
Human Health Countermeasures
Collaborating Org(s):
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Space Medicine Medical Operations (SMMO) |
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Funding Status:
Completed - Task completed and produced a deliverable
Procurement Mechanism(s):
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Aims:
NASA JSC’s Space Medicine group has added magnetic resonance venography (MRV) to the clinical monitoring protocol to evaluate central venous congestion and stenosis in astronauts pre and postflight. The MRVs will be collected as part of the standard medical requirements testing performed on all crew members using medical operations resources.
Category:
Risk Characterization, Quantification
Subcategory:
Evidence or Risk Characterization
Description:
rVIIP can request access to the results to determine the degree of central venous congestion and or stenosis of the crew members and its potential influence on the VIIP syndrome.
Internal Customers:
None
External Customers:
None