Congenital heart disease in aircrew.
expert_opinion · Level V
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- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 30425088.
- Also identified by DOI 10.1136/heartjnl-2018-313059 and PMC identifier 6256302.
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Abstract
This article focuses <sup>i</sup> on the broad aviation medicine considerations that are required to optimally manage aircrew <sup>ii</sup> with suspected or confirmed congenital heart disease (both pilots and non-pilot aviation professionals). It presents expert consensus opinion and associated recommendations and is part of a series of expert consensus documents covering all aspects of aviation cardiology. This expert opinion was born out of a 3 year collaborative working group between international military aviation cardiologists and aviation medicine specialists, as part of a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) led initiative to address the occupational ramifications of cardiovascular disease in aircrew (HFM-251) many of whom also work with and advise civil aviation authorities.
Medical subject headings
- Aerospace Medicine
- Cardiology
- Consensus
- Disease Management
- Heart Defects, Congenital
- Military Personnel