"How To Prevent Blood Clots As Airlines Squeeze You Into Tighter Spaces" - Claire Maldarelli
Last week, American Airlines announced a plan to squeeze more seats into new planes by reducing leg room from 31 inches to 29 inches in some areas and 30 in others. If our legroom continues to shrink, will our risk of DVT and pulmonary embolism go up? Allan Stewart, MD, the director of aortic surgery at The Mount Sinai Hospital, says the risk of blood clots and DVTs will increase as long as the seats remain small (or get smaller) and we continue to disregard the problem. However, he says, for nearly everybody, "blood clots on airplanes are completely preventable."
- Allan Stewart, MD, Associate Professor, Cardiovascular Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Director, Aortic Surgery, Co-Director, Valve Repair Center, The Mount Sinai Hospital
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