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Assess the clinical implications and flight safety hazards associated with Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome in aviation personnel.

May 1, 1964CirculationOpen Access

The Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome as an Aviation Risk

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Calls for vigilant aeromedical screening of WPW in aviators; leaves open prospective quantification of in-flight incapacitation risk.

Assess the clinical implications and flight safety hazards associated with Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome in aviation personnel.
Reviewed clinical aeromedical literature and historical observations regarding preexcitation syndromes and in-flight risks.
Highlights the potential for sudden incapacitation or tachyarrhythmias caused by accessory conduction pathways in aviators.
Emphasizes the necessity of relying on pooled medical evidence across institutions to determine aeromedical fitness.

Raphael F. Smith (1964) studied this question.

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