title: [Medical flight certification of civil pilots with cardiovascular pathologies].
abstract: Comprehensive examination of civil pilots including the clinical-physiological and mental tests was performed with the purpose to improve the system of expert evaluation of health and fight fitness of pilots with cardiovascular pathologies. Mental tests consisted of an MMPI modification, the standard multifactor personality test, portrait choice (adapted Szondi's eight inclinations test), and predictive drawing tests of the unconscious. Type of personality of the persons with cardiovascular pathologies were characterized in terms of individual traits, social behavior, thinking type, stress reaction, protective tactics, and form of deadaptation. Persons with a variety of premorbid cardiovascular pathologies (essential hypertension, atherosclerosis, and neurocirculatory dystonia) reveal specific traits that should be taken into consideration in the process of medical flight certification.
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Krapivnitskaia
mesh_terms: D000337:Aerospace Medicine; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002568:Certification / Q000379:methods*; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D012720:Severity of Illness Index