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International Conference on
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Journal of Public Health Policy and Planning | Volume: 2
The Apollo 15 Space Syndrome and Neil Armstrong Syndrome
William J Rowe
University of Cincinnati, USA
H
ypertension of 12 moon walkers, James Irwin on day after
return from Apollo 15 mission, showed extraordinary
bicycle(B)stresstest(ST)hypertension(275/125)after3minutes
exercise;supervising>5000maximumtreadmillST,authornever
witnessed ST- blood pressure approaching this level. Symptom-
limited maximum B stress test showed “cyanotic fingernails”;
possibly venous blood trapped peripherally, supporting author’s
“Apollo 15 Space Syndrome,” postulating that severe fingertip
pain during space walks, triggered by plasma fluid, trapped
distally; mechanismcould be related to endothelial dysfunction,
providing “silent ischemia” warning. Neil Armstrong returned to
Earth with severe diastolic hypertension (160/135), consistent
with ischemic left ventricular dysfunction; 50 mm increase in
comparison with resting BP 110/85. With inhalation of lunar
dust, brought into habitat on space suit, with high lunar iron
(I) this dust inhalation, along with reduced (R) space flight-
transferrin, R antioxidant, calcium (Ca) blocker - magnesium,
conducive to severe oxidative stress, Ca overload with potential
endothelial injuries. Using moon walker studies as example,
my recent editorials show that I dust, released from brakes,
with over 90% of brakes made of I, is a major hypertension
factor and may also contribute to myocardial infarctions.
Speaker Biography
William J Rowe is a board certified specialist in Internal Medicine. He received his Masters
Degree at the University of Cincinnati and was in private practice in Toledo, Ohio for 34
years. During that time he supervised over 5000 symptom - limited maximum hospital-
based treadmill stress tests. He is a former Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine
at the University of Ohio, School of Medicine at Toledo. He studied 3 world class
extraordinary endurance athletes and published their exercise-related magnesium
deficiencies. This triggered a 20 year pursuit of the cardiovascular complications of Space
flight. He has published in LANCET that extraordinary, unremitting endurance exercise
can injure a perfectly normal heart. Of only 4 space syndromes, he has published 2:
“The Apollo 15 Space Syndrome” and “Neil Armstrong Syndrome.” He published Neil
Armstrong’s probable lunar acute heart failure; indeed, he was the first to show that
adrenaline levels are elevated in Space. He is the first to publish that airborne IRON dust
released from brakes is conducive to hypertension. He has been listed in the Marquis
Who’s Who of the World from 2002-2009, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018.
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rowefemsinspace@gmail.com