Short Title:
VTE Characterization
Responsible HRP Element:
Human Health Countermeasures
Funding Status:
Planned-Funded - Task expected to be within budget
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Procurement Mechanism(s):
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Aims:
To understand 1) what the causes for the decreased, stagnant or reversed flow patterns are in the head and neck of astronauts and how to mitigate them, and 2) whether the increased sensitivity to thrombosis formation is separate from the changes in flows and if not, what the mechanisms are.
Category:
Risk Characterization, Quantification
Subcategory:
Evidence or Risk Characterization
Description:
Knowledge as a basis for developing countermeasures against the causes for thrombosis formation in astronauts in space.
Internal Customers:
None
External Customers:
None