Open AccessPossibilities of echocardiography in the estimation of severity of heart failure in patients after myocardial infarction
Author(s) -
В. Н. Фатенков,
Y. Shchukin
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
kazanskij medicinskij žurnal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2587-9359
pISSN - 0368-4814
DOI - 10.17816/kazmj84418
Subject(s) - heart failure , cardiology , myocardial infarction , medicine , infarction
The diagnostic informativity of echocardiography for estimation of severity of heart failure in patients after myocardial infarction is shown. The discriminant model of determining the functional class of heart failure is developed. Its use in performing the expert work in patients after myocardial infarction will make it possible to objectify the estimation of heart failure insufficiency.