The tactical athlete: definitions, cardiovascular assessment, and management, and “fit for duty” standards

J Xu, MC Haigney, BD Levine… - Cardiac …, 2024 - cardiacep.theclinics.com
Understanding the physiologic demands and cardiac remodeling of competitive athletes has
been a focus of clinical and research efforts to enable better cardiovascular care of this …

Endogenous risk factors of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) in military professionals with a special emphasis on military pilots

E Maculewicz, A Pabin, K Kowalczuk, Ł Dziuda… - Journal of Clinical …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors can be categorized as non-modifiable and
modifiable. Modifiable risk factors include some exogenous and behavioral factors that can …

Coronary artery disease evaluation and management considerations for high risk occupations: commercial vehicle drivers and pilots

NR Sutton, S Banerjee, MM Cooper… - Circulation …, 2021 - Am Heart Assoc
Optimal treatment of stable ischemic heart disease for those in the transportation industry is
considered in the context of the individual's health, as well as with the perspective that …

Management of established coronary artery disease in aircrew without myocardial infarction or revascularisation

ED Davenport, G Gray, R Rienks, D Bron, T Syburra… - Heart, 2019 - heart.bmj.com
This paper is part of a series of expert consensus documents covering all aspects of aviation
cardiology. In this manuscript, we focus on the broad aviation medicine considerations that …

Cardiovascular risk in high-hazard occupations: the role of occupational cardiology

IT Parsons, ED Nicol, D Holdsworth… - European Journal of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Work is beneficial for health, but many individuals develop cardiovascular disease (CVD)
during their working lives. Occupational cardiology is an emerging field that combines …

Risk of major chronic diseases in transport, rescue and security industries: a longitudinal register-based study

K Herttua, LJ Ahrenfeldt, T Paljarvi - Occupational and Environmental …, 2022 - oem.bmj.com
Objective To investigate the risk of hospitalisation for major chronic diseases across
representative transport, rescue and security industries. Methods We performed a register …

The role of cardiovascular CT in occupational health assessment for coronary heart disease: An expert consensus document from the Society of Cardiovascular …

AM Slim, E Fentanes… - Journal of …, 2021 - journalofcardiovascularct.com
The role of cardiovascular CT in occupational health assessment for coronary heart disease:
An expert consensus document from the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) …

Hypertension and obesity among civil aviation pilots

KG Bhat, N Verma, P Pant… - … medicine and human …, 2019 - ingentaconnect.com
BACKGROUND: Raised blood pressure (BP) is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease,
which is a common cause of sudden in-flight incapacitation among pilots. Prevalence of …

[HTML][HTML] Modifiable risk factors and cancer mortality in transport, rescue, and security industries

K Herttua, T Paljarvi, LJ Ahrenfeldt - Annals of Epidemiology, 2022 - Elsevier
Purpose We investigated the risk of mortality from cancers attributable to modifiable risk
factors across representative transport, rescue, and security industries. Methods We used …

Management of atrial fibrillation in German military aircrew

N Guettler, S Sammito - Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology, 2023 - Springer
Introduction Arrhythmias are one of the most common causes of loss of flying privileges for
both military and civilian pilots in the Western World, and atrial fibrillation (AF) is one of the …