Air travel and adults with cyanotic congenital heart disease

Circulation

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 272-276

  Harinck, Eric ^a   Hutter, Paul A ^a   Hoorntje, Theo M ^c   Simons, Marinus ^b   Benatar, Avram A ^a   Fischer, Johan C ^a   De Bruijn, Dagmar ^a   Meijboom, Erik Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b Netherlands Aerospace Medical Centre   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

air travel; heart disease; oxygen

Indexed keywords

2,3 DIPHOSPHOGLYCERIC ACID; BICARBONATE; LACTIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; AVIATION; BICARBONATE BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; BLOOD OXYGEN TENSION; BLOOD PH; CAPILLARY BLOOD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOTIC HEART DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030034733     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.93.2.272     Document Type: Article

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