Cardiovascular screening and long-term outcomes in aircraft pilots
Asymptomatic aircraft pilots have underlying cardiovascular risk factors but good overall functional capacity, long-term outcomes and life expectancy. Prevalence of cardiac structural findings like aortic dilatation warrants increased attention during examination of these patients.
Authors
- Leigh L. Speicher (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2379-6350)
- S. Michael Gharacholou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6903-1708)
- Wiaam Elkhatib (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4706-1738)
- Brian P. Shapiro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1421-6940)
- Thomas G. Allison (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3822-888X)
- Thomas R Flipse
- Hanna J. Sledge
- Z. Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-2180-3706)
Institutions
- Mayo Clinic (US)
- Jacksonville College (US)
- WinnMed (US)
- Mayo Clinic in Florida (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Heart
- Published
- 2025-03-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/heartjnl-2024-325243
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.51