This guideline “ Fitness to fly for passengers with cardiovascular disease ” is solely about the fitness to fly of air travel passengers who have cardiovascular conditions and covers all aspects of cardiovascular fitness to fly for commercial passengers. It deals with the common questions and problems that patients, their relatives, and their doctors ask about the advisability of flying, and it reviews the existing evidence in the formulation of guidelines for passenger fitness to fly For those with cardiovascular disease who are not critically ill but who wish to fly on commercial aircraft, the aircraft environment does not pose a significant threat to their health.
It is only when their underlying condition is associated with a significant risk of acute deterioration that reasonable restrictions should apply. Passengers are advised to plan their arrival at the airport in plenty of…
