THE DRIVING APTITUDE OF PEOPLE HAVING ARTIFICIAL HEART VALVES

UNTERSUCHUNGEN UEBER DIE FAHRTUECHTIGKEIT VON KUNSTKLAPPENTRAEGERN IM MOTORISIERTEN STRASSENVERKEHR

THE NUMBER OF HEART VALVE OPERATIONS IN A YEAR IN THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, AND THE LIFE EXPECTANCY OF 16 YEARS AFTER REPLACEMENT OF THE AORTIC AND MITRAL VALVES RAISES THE QUESTION OF THE DRIVING APTITUDE OF THESE PEOPLE. 291 PEOPLE WITH ARTIFICIAL VALVES WERE ANALYSED PRE- AND POST-OPERATIVELY WITH RESPECT TO THEIR DRIVING BEHAVIOUR, AND IT WAS SHOWN THAT PATIENTS WITH ARTIFICIAL HEART VALVES ARE FIT TO DRIVE A VEHICLE. THE PROVISION IS, HOWEVER, THAT THEY ARE KEPT UNDER REGULAR SURVEILLANCE BY A DOCTOR, THAT NO SIGNS OF DECOMPENSATION AND RHYTHMIC DISTURBANCES ARE PRESENT, AND THAT THE RECOMMENDED MEDICATION IS CARRIED OUT ACCURATELY. BECAUSE OF THE ASSOCIATED HIGH BODILY EFFORT THIS GROUP IS NOT SUITED TO THE DRIVING OF VEHICLES SUCH AS BUSES OR LORRIES. ASSESSMENT OF THE DRIVING ABILITY OF PEOPLE WITH ARTIFICIAL HEART VALVES CANNOT BE MADE SOLELY DEPENDENT ON THE VALVE IMPLEMENTATION, BUT MUST TAKE ACCOUNT OF THE DEGREE OF SEVERITY OF THE CARDIAC ILLNESS. THE COVERING ABSTRACT FOR THE CONFERENCE IS IRRD NO 311057.

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  • Authors:
    • KALMAR, P
    • DARUP, J
    • WISOTZKI-NIEDWOROK, G
  • Publication Date: 1979

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  • German

Media Info

  • Pagination: 394-403
  • Monograph Title: KONGRESSBERICHT JAHRESTAGUNG 1979 DER DEUTSCHEN GESELLSCHAFT FUER VERKEHRSMEDIZIN E.V., GEMEINSAM MIT DER DEUTSCHEN VERKEHRSWACHT E.V., 30. MAERZ BIS 1. APRIL 1979, KOELN
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  • Accession Number: 01289287
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Source Agency: Bundesanstalt für Straßenwesen (BASt)
  • Files: ITRD
  • Created Date: Nov 21 2010 1:42AM