Air travel in patients suffering from pulmonary hypertension-A prospective, multicentre study

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Contributors

  • Athiththan Yogeswaran - , Universities of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center (UGMLC) (Author)
  • Jan Grimminger - , Universities of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center (UGMLC) (Author)
  • Khodr Tello - , Universities of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center (UGMLC) (Author)
  • Lukas Becker - , Universities of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center (UGMLC) (Author)
  • Werner Seeger - , Universities of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center (UGMLC) (Author)
  • Friedrich Grimminger - , Universities of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center (UGMLC) (Author)
  • Natascha Sommer - , Universities of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center (UGMLC) (Author)
  • Hossein A. Ghofrani - , Universities of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center (UGMLC) (Author)
  • Tobias J. Lange - , University of Regensburg (Author)
  • Stefan Stadler - , University Hospital Regensburg (Author)
  • Karen Olsson - , Biomedical Research in Endstage and Obstructive Lung Disease Hannover (BREATH) - DZL Hannover (Author)
  • Jan C. Kamp - , Biomedical Research in Endstage and Obstructive Lung Disease Hannover (BREATH) - DZL Hannover (Author)
  • Stephan Rosenkranz - , Uniklinik Köln (Author)
  • Felix Gerhardt - , Uniklinik Köln (Author)
  • Katrin Milger - , Hospital of the Ludwig-Maximilians-University (LMU) Munich, German Center for Lung Research (DZL) - Partner site Munich (Author)
  • Michaela Barnikel - , Hospital of the Ludwig-Maximilians-University (LMU) Munich, German Center for Lung Research (DZL) - Partner site Munich (Author)
  • Silvia Ulrich - , University Hospital Zurich (Author)
  • Stéphanie Saxer - , University Hospital Zurich (Author)
  • Ekkehard Grünig - , Thorax Clinic Heidelberg gGmbH, Translational Lung Research Center Heidelberg (TLRC) - DZL Heidelberg (Author)
  • Satenik Harutynova - , Thorax Clinic Heidelberg gGmbH, Translational Lung Research Center Heidelberg (TLRC) - DZL Heidelberg (Author)
  • Christian Opitz - , DRK Kliniken Berlin (Author)
  • Hans Klose - , University Hospital Hamburg Eppendorf (Author)
  • Heinrike Wilkens - , University Hospital of Saarland (Author)
  • Michael Halank - , Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus Dresden (Author)
  • Melanie Heberling - , Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus Dresden (Author)
  • Henning Gall - , Universities of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center (UGMLC) (Author)
  • Manuel J. Richter - , Universities of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center (UGMLC) (Author)

Abstract

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.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Article numbere12397
JournalPulmonary circulation
Volume14
Issue number3
Publication statusPublished - Jul 2024
Peer-reviewedYes

External IDs

PubMedCentral PMC11298895
Scopus 85200269580
ORCID /0009-0003-4731-5800/work/177360839

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