Flying With Heart Disease
Monday January 19, 2009
If you want to fly but are concerned about your heart disease, here are some guidelines you can follow to make your travel experience as safe as possible.
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Unfortunately, when it comes to the knowledge of docs at the nation’s Best Hospital, there is total ignorance on relationship of flying and hypoxemia, even in patients demonstrating marked hypoxemia at sea level (blood oxygen saturations of 83%), which remains untreated with supplemental oxygen, again because of lack of knowledge of standard guidelines. The closest specialist other than this one is 300 mi away. Hence I must fill in the gaps of knowledge with what I know of as standard practice in the profession.
You can read more about how to prevent and how to treat a heart disease at Ischemic heart disease Good luck .