PFO, Patent Foramen Ovale
Anyone here an AME, or anyone who has been diagnosed with a PFO? Is the medical suspended and how difficult is it to get an EASA class 1 medical back if someone is diagnosed?
Apparently between 25% and 40% of the population have them, and they are so rarely diagnosed that the number is still that uncertain, so a large proportion of pilots have them unknowingly. I have found US aeromedical advice that it is considered "normal variation" it is so common, but it is not even included in the CAA list of cardio-vascular complaints in their AMC and GM for AMEs. Does this mean it does not even mean suspension of medical? That is my reading of the regulation " Applicants shall not suffer from any cardiovascular disorder which is likely to interfere with the safe exercise of the privileges of the applicable licence(s) ".
Last edited by utonia; 10th Jul 2018 at 09:40.