Citation

García-Cosío Mir F, Alberca Vela T, Rubio Sanz J, Grande Ruiz A, Viqueira Caamaño JA, Curcio Ruigómez A, Navarro Ruiz V. Rev. Esp. Cardiol. 2001; 54(4): 476-490.

Vernacular Title

Guias de practica clinica de la Sociedad Espanola de Cardiologia sobre conduccion

Affiliation

Sociedad Española de Cardiología.

Erratum On

Rev Esp Cardiol 2001 Oct;54(10):1246

Copyright

(Copyright © 2001, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

11282053

Abstract

Car driving, airplane piloting and underwater activities by subjects with heart disease may cause sudden incapacitation leading to the loss of the safety margins necessary to avoid accidents. In the case of car driving and airplane piloting the risk affects, not only the driver or pilot, but also passengers and/or bystanders within an accident zone. In the case of diving the risk resides basically in the loss of control of the vital support mechanisms necessary in a very hostile medium. This document reviews the possible causes of unexpected incapacitation, with or without loss of consciousness, in the light of the pathophysiologic consequences of fatigue, hypoxia, stress or barotrauma posed by each activity. Detailed recommendations are made for limiting driving, piloting and diving, based on official Spanish and European regulations and the addresses of specialized centers are provided for consultation. Moreover, recommendations for airplane travel for patients with heart disease are indicated.

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