Air travel in patients suffering from pulmonary hypertension—A prospective, multicentre study
The PEGASUS study is the first multicentric and prospective assessment of the safety of air travel flying in pulmonary hypertension (PH) (NCT03051763). Data of air travel from 60 patients with PH was available. No severe adverse events occurred. Nine patients self‐reported mild adverse events during...
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Published in: | Pulmonary circulation Vol. 14; no. 3; pp. e12397 - n/a |
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Main Authors: | , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |
Format: | Journal Article |
Language: | English |
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United States
John Wiley & Sons, Inc
01-07-2024
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Summary: | The PEGASUS study is the first multicentric and prospective assessment of the safety of air travel flying in pulmonary hypertension (PH) (NCT03051763). Data of air travel from 60 patients with PH was available. No severe adverse events occurred. Nine patients self‐reported mild adverse events during flight (13%), while after landing, 12 patients reported events (20%). Solely one patient (2%) had an adverse event leading to medical consultation. In patients with PH and World Health Organization functional classes II and III, air travel was safe. |
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Bibliography: | Athiththan Yogeswaran, Jan Grimminger, Henning Gall, Manuel J. Richter contributed equally to this study. ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 |
ISSN: | 2045-8940 2045-8932 2045-8940 |
DOI: | 10.1002/pul2.12397 |