Cases from the aerospace medicine residents' teaching file. Case #26. A fighter pilot with a single left frontal lobe infarction and probable mitral valve prolapse and supraventricular arrhythmias.
A fighter pilot with a single left frontal lobe infarction and probable mitral valve prolapse and supraventricular arrhythmias is presented. He was found unfit for flying duties as a fighter pilot, but because of his experience and expertise he was restricted to flying with a qualified copilot in aircraft other than fighters, with regular aeromedical followup.
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Defence and Civil Institute of Environmental Medicine, Toronto, Canada.
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D000328:Adult; D000337:Aerospace Medicine; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004452:Echocardiography; D005625:Frontal Lobe / Q000098:blood supply / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008945:Mitral Valve Prolapse / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013617:Tachycardia, Supraventricular / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed