Screening asymptomatic individuals for occult cardiac disease continues to be a difficult task. One of the standard screening procedures continues to be electrocardiography. Electrocardiography is neither a sensitive nor specific tool in identifying heart disease but continues to offer useful information. Interpretation of these studies for aeromedical purposes requires an appreciation for certain differences between a standard clinical population from which the significance of most ECG findings were obtained and the asymptomatic, generally healthy aviator population. The United States Air Force Central Electrocardiographic Library is the repository for all electrocardiograms obtained on Air Force aviators. This facility was established in 1957 in order to review electrocardiograms performed on Air Force aviators to determine the significance of electrocardiographic findings in asymptomatic individuals and to provide consultative services to local flight surgeons as well as the Surgeon General. The following sections discuss the major classes of electrocardiographic findings, their significance, and additional evaluations required by the USAF.


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    Title :

    Aeromedical Disposition of Arrhythmias and Electrocardiographic Findings in Aircrew


    Contributors:
    P. V. Celio (author)

    Publication date :

    1993


    Size :

    9 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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