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Review
. 2019 Jan;105(Suppl 1):s64-s69.
doi: 10.1136/heartjnl-2018-313059.

Congenital heart disease in aircrew

Edward D Nicol  1 , Olivier Manen  2 , Norbert Guettler  3 , Dennis Bron  4 , Eddie D Davenport  5 , Thomas Syburra  6 , Gary Gray  7 , Joanna d'Arcy  1 , Rienk Rienks  8
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Review

Congenital heart disease in aircrew

Edward D Nicol et al. Heart. 2019 Jan.

Abstract

This article focuses i on the broad aviation medicine considerations that are required to optimally manage aircrew ii 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.

Keywords: congenital heart disease; health care delivery.

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

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