Scuba diving after a heart transplant: excessive daring or calculable risk?
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol
; 325(3): H569-H577, 2023 09 01.
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ABSTRACT
Over the past 50 years, outcomes after heart transplantation (HTX) have continuously and significantly improved. In the meantime, many heart transplant recipients live almost normal lives with only a few limitations. In some cases, even activities that actually seemed unreasonable for these patients turn out to be feasible. This article describes the encouraging example of a patient returning to recreational scuba diving after HTX. So far, there were no scientific experiences documented in this area. We worked out the special hemodynamic features and the corresponding risks of this sport for heart transplant recipients in an interdisciplinary manner and evaluated them using the patient as an example. The results show that today, with the appropriate physical condition and compliance with safety measures, a wide range of activities, including scuba diving, are possible again after HTX. They illustrate again the significant development and the enormous potential of this therapy option, which is unfortunately only available to a limited extent.NEW & NOTEWORTHY Example for shared decision-making process for tricky questions First scientific publication about heart transplantation (HTX)-recipient restarting scuba diving. As exercise physiology after HTX combined with specific diving medicine aspects is challenging, we formed a multidisciplinary team to identify, evaluate, and mitigate the risks involved. The results show that today, with the appropriate physical condition and compliance with safety measures, a wide range of activities are possible again after HTX.
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Trasplante de Corazón
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Buceo
Tipo de estudio:
Etiology_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Humans
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En
Revista:
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol
Asunto de la revista:
CARDIOLOGIA
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FISIOLOGIA
Año:
2023
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Article
País de afiliación:
Alemania