Assess in terms of heart failure
Condition | Lay explanation | Restriction/guidance |
Acute heart failure | You have been in hospital or treated at home because of 'water in the lungs' which made you very breathless | Fly after 6 weeks if stabilised (see chronic heart failure) |
Condition | Functional status | Lay explanation | Restriction/guidance |
Chronic heart failure | NYHA I&II | You get breathless on mild to moderate exercise but no recent (within 6 weeks) change of symptoms or medication | No restriction |
NYHA III | You get breathless on walking 20-100 yards/metres at your own pace but no recent (within 6 weeks) change of symptoms or medication | May require in flight oxygen | |
NYHA IV | You are breathless at rest and mainly bedbound | Advised not to fly without in flight oxygen and medical assistance |
Note that these are only guidelines and each airline has its own regulations and medical standards.
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