Evaluation and management of the cardiovascular patient embarking on air travel

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 148-154

  Possick, Stephen E ^a   Barry, Michèle ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ENOXAPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN;

AGED; AGING; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; AVIATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DEFIBRILLATOR; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SAFETY; SCREENING TEST; VEIN THROMBOSIS; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; LUNG EMBOLISM; RISK FACTOR; STENT; TIME; TRAVEL;

AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; HUMANS; MALE; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RISK FACTORS; STENTS; TIME FACTORS; TRAVEL; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 3142756988     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-141-2-200407200-00014     Document Type: Review

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