Coronary Artery Disease in a Young USAF Pilot: Screening for Premature Artherosclerosis

摘要

Clinically significant coronary artery disease (CAD) in military and civilian pilots may result in disasterous consequences. Pilots with undiagnosed CAD occasionally suffer acute coronary syndrome (ACS) inflight. In single-pilot operations, ACS often ends in crew and passenger fatality. Current standards for assessing the presence of CAD are inadequate. In other nations, additional modalities are used to assess pilots for CAD.