Congenital heart disease and air travel

TAÇOY G.

ANATOLIAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY, cilt.25, 2021 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 25
  • Basım Tarihi: 2021
  • Doi Numarası: 10.5152/anatoljcardiol.2021.s107
  • Dergi Adı: ANATOLIAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, CINAHL, EMBASE, MEDLINE, Directory of Open Access Journals, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: air travel, congenital heart disease, flight, ALTITUDE PULMONARY-EDEMA, OXYGEN-THERAPY, HYPERTENSION, PATIENT
  • Gazi Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The number of individuals traveling by airplanes is increasing every year. Patients with congenital heart disease and shunts, exposure to high altitude during a flight is important since it causes pulmonary vaso- constriction leading to an increase in right-to-left shunting and a decrease in arterial oxygen saturation. Patients with cyanotic congenital heart disease and Eisenmenger syndrome should be evaluated before the flight, and necessary precautions should be taken.