Die prospektive, multizentrische PEGASUS Studie untersucht die Auswirkungen und das
Risiko von Flugreisen bei Patienten mit der Grunderkrankung Pulmonale Hypertonie. Für …

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 …

Air travels are considered to be of potential harm for patients with underlying pulmonary
hypertension because of the generalised pulmonary vasoconstriction at high altitude. We …

Our aim was to determine what proportion of patients with pulmonary hypertension (PH) has
undertaken air travel contrary to the general medical advice and to characterize these …

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

Air travel is known as the safest way of transportation. Therefore, patients with health
problems prefer to travel by air; however, those with heart or lung issues, who do not have …

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

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 …

The authors conducted the largest prospective study into the outcomes of flights in patients
with various respiratory diseases, showing that 18% suffered respiratory symptoms. They …

Introduction: Journeys to altitude touristic areas became increasingly popular also among
potentially vulnerable groups such as precapillary pulmonary hypertension due to …