Open Access„Cardiovascular Top Three” - Can Patients with the Most Common Cardiovascular Conditions Become Candidates for Recreational Scuba Diving?
Author(s) -
Ewa Mańka,
Bartosz Skuratowicz,
Sebastian Kwiatek,
Maciej Krupowies,
Karolina Sieroń
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
polish hyperbaric research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2084-0535
pISSN - 1734-7009
DOI - 10.2478/phr-2020-0022
Subject(s) - medicine , scuba diving , coronary artery disease , disease , recreation , diabetes mellitus , ischaemic heart disease , population , intensive care medicine , cardiology , environmental health , biology , endocrinology , zoology , ecology
Cardiovascular diseases such as coronary artery disease, hypertension, and diabetes are some of the most common conditions among the population. An ever-increasing number of recreational divers forces us to consider the impact on unprepared diving patients with cardiovascular diseases, in whom profound changes occur during the dive. People in at-risk groups should have a medical check-up before diving to minimise the risk of possible complications.