Author:
Meyer Mark J.,Mordukhovich Irina,Coull Brent A.,McCracken John,Wellenius Gregory A.,Mittleman Murray A.,McNeely Eileen
Abstract
AbstractThough billions of passengers and crew travel by air each year and are exposed to altitude equivalents of 7000–8000 feet, the health impact of cabin oxygenation levels has not been well studied. The hypoxic environment may produce ectopic heartbeats that may increase the risk of acute in-flight cardiac events. We enrolled forty older and at-risk participants under a block-randomized crossover design in a hypobaric chamber study to examine associations between flight oxygenation and both ventricular (VE) and supraventricular ectopy (SVE). We monitored participant VE and SVE every 5 min under both flight and control conditions to investigate the presence and rate of VE and SVE. While the presence of VE did not differ according to condition, the presence of SVE was higher during flight conditions (e.g. OR ratio = 1.77, 95% CI: 1.21, 2.59 for SVE couplets). Rates of VE and SVE were higher during flight conditions (e.g. RR ratio = 1.25, 95% CI: 1.03, 1.52 for VE couplets, RR ratio = 1.76, 95% CI: 1.39, 2.22 for SVE couplets). The observed higher presence and rate of ectopy tended to increase with duration of the flight condition. Further study of susceptible passengers and crew may elucidate the specific associations between intermittent or sustained ectopic heartbeats and hypoxic pathways.
Funder
National Institutes of Health
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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