title: Cardiovascular problems and diving
abstract: In the US the Diving Alert Network has a list of physicians for medical consultation. I am one of the cardiologists on the list and I get about a call a day about some cardiac question that raises issues of safety or fitness for diving. I will discuss the commoner categories such as coronary artery disease, congenital heart disease, valvular disorders, arrhythmias, conduction disorders, pacemakers, some of the common cardiac drugs used in the treatment of hypertension and some other relatively benign medical conditions that raise questions about the use of the drugs rather than the condition itself.
authors.affiliation: Temple University Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19140, USA.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bove
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000145:classification / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D003665:Decompression Sickness / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D004242:Diving / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000502:physiology*; D017079:Exercise Tolerance; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D010809:Physical Fitness; D012307:Risk Factors; D013178:Sports Medicine
chemical_list: D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents