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Monday, October, 06, 2008

Question
hunar
05/13/08

my mom heart is not good we did bypass surgery in turkya and we live in Iraq and we must going to

we must going to our country by airport(flight),is AirPort has any side Effect for my mom?

please answer me sooooooooon.

thanks for your help.

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Dr. Thomas
Monday, June 02, 2008

 

It would be prudent to clear this trip with your mother’s surgeon. If she is relatively stable and not on large amounts of oxygen, a short flight is not likely to be a problem. But her personal physician knows her condition best, and he or she would be the best person to answer this question. 

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