Smith TG, Chang RW, Robbins PA, Dorrington KL. Commercial air travel and in-flight
pulmonary hypertension. Aviat Space Environ Med 2013; 84: 65–7. Background: It has …

Smith TG, Talbot NP, Chang RW, Wilkinson E, Nickol AH, Newman DG, Robbins PA,
Dorrington KL. Pulmonary artery pressure increases during commercial air travel in healthy …

Background Limited data are available on the effects of air travel in patients with pulmonary
hypertension (PH), despite their risk of physiologic compromise. We sought to quantify the …

BACKGROUND: Recent air travel recommendations suggest patients with precapillary
pulmonary hypertension (PCPH) in New York Heart Association (NYHA) functional class 3 …

BACKGROUND: Hypoxia-induced elevation in pulmonary artery pressure during air travel
may contribute to the worldwide burden of in-flight medical emergencies. The pulmonary …

At the present time, commercial aircraft cabins are required to be pressurized to the
equivalent of 8,000 feet or less. Although in-flight medical emergencies are infrequent, some …

Extract Altitude exposure is generally considered to be contraindicated in pulmonary arterial
hypertension (PAH), out of concern that (hypobaric) hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction …

Mortazavi A, Eisenberg MJ, Langleben D, Ernst P, Schiff RL. Altitude-related hypoxia: risk
assessment and management for passengers on commercial aircraft. Aviat Space Environ …

Objective Patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) are often recommended
supplemental oxygen for altitude travel due to the possible deleterious effects of hypoxia on …

Abstract Luks, Andrew M. Can patients with pulmonary hypertension travel to high altitude?
High Alt. Med. Biol. 10: 215–219, 2009.—With the increasing popularity of adventure travel …