title: [Prognostic evaluation of the flying longevity of pilots with idiopathic mitral valve prolapse].
abstract: In the period of 1995-2001, 576 17- to 49-yr. old pilots of fighters and fighter-bombers with the idiopathic mitral valve prolapse (IMVP) were investigated at the Seventh Central military aviation clinical hospital. In this group, a very feebly marked mitral valve prolapse was found in 98.7% of cases. In 96.7% class-1 IMVP was accompanied by a mitral reguragitation, most often the first-degree one. Based on results of comprehensive examination, medically qualified to fly were 560 out of 576 pilots from the main group (97.0%) and 144 out of 150 pilots from the group of control (97.2%). In the next 5 years the flying career was continued by 76.3% and 78.7% of the pilots, respectively. A clinical-diagnostic and expert algorithm for medical certification of pilots of highly maneuverable aircraft with IMVP was developed which will reduce time of in-hospital medical certification and facilitate more accurately determination of the criteria for immediate and long-range estimation of the flying longevity.
authors.forename: V A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Godilo-Godlevskiĭ
authors.forename: V I
authors.initials: VI
authors.lastname: Sinopal'nikov
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001359:Aviation; D004562:Electrocardiography; D015716:Electrocardiography, Ambulatory / Q000379:methods; D005544:Forecasting; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000502:physiology; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D008945:Mitral Valve Prolapse / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013997:Time Factors; D000078329:Workforce
vernacular_title: Prognosticheskaia otsenka letnogo dolgoletiia u letchikov s idiopaticheskim prolapsom mitral'nogo klapana.