SCUBA Diving in Adult Congenital Heart Disease

Robert M. Kauling; Rienk Rienks; Judith A.A.E. Cuypers; Harald T. Jorstad; Jolien W. Roos-Hesselink

doi:10.3390/jcdd10010020

SCUBA Diving in Adult Congenital Heart Disease

Robert M. Kauling
, Rienk Rienks
, Judith A.A.E. Cuypers
, Harald T. Jorstad
, Jolien W. Roos-Hesselink^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Conventionally, scuba diving has been discouraged for adult patients with congenital heart disease (ACHD). This restrictive sports advice is based on expert opinion in the absence of high-quality diving-specific studies. However, as survival and quality of life in congenital heart disease (CHD) patients have dramatically improved in the last decades, a critical appraisal whether such restrictive sports advice is still applicable is warranted. In this review, the cardiovascular effects of diving are described and a framework for the work-up for ACHD patients wishing to engage in scuba diving is provided. In addition, diving recommendations for specific CHD diagnostic groups are proposed.

Original language	English
Article number	20
Journal	Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease
Volume	10
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/jcdd10010020
Publication status	Published - Jan 2023

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congenital heart disease
fitness to dive
scuba diving

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