Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Vontobel, Jan

Titel

Heart Patients and Exposure to Altitude

Ist Teil von

• Praxis (Bern. 1994), 2021-04, Vol.110 (6), p.303

Ort / Verlag

Switzerland

Erscheinungsjahr

2021

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Overall, heart patients should be advised individually with respect to their tolerance of altitudes. However, the historical reflex that altitude 'per se' is bad for heart patients should become a thing of the past. Adequately treated and stable patients can usually go up to an altitude of 2500 m without any restrictions. Higher altitudes are also possible for a large number of patients, but may require an adaptation of the medication and further clarification. This is especially the case when physical work is to be performed at great heights.