Cardiovascular diseases: evaluation of persisting disorders in the blood circulation system and disability, criteria for severity of invalidism

A most important indicator of population health, its social and economic wellbeing is premature disability. 10.3 mln people had to retire from their jobs due to disability during the ten-year period from 2005 to 2014. The number of elderly subjects among them was twice that of the younger ones, with the leading cause of disability being blood circulation disorders (61,9%). At the same time, the fraction of old subjects in the group of invalids suffering from coronary heart disease and idiopathic hypertension accounted for only 58,9% and 40,9% respectively. The quantitative evaluation of persistent dysfunction of the cardiovascular system related to circulatory disturbances included in ICD class IX and to those referred to other classes is based mainly on an assessment of the following clinical andfunctional manifestations: pain syndrome (cardialgia or angina); hypertensive syndrome; pulmonary hypertension; arrhythmia; syncope. Other aspects of pathological process are taken into consideration, such as its form and severity, presence andfrequency of exacerbations, magnitude, involvement of target organs, complications. The gerontological slant of disabling cardiovascular pathology accounts for its social significance (idiopathic hypertension, coronary heart disease, chronic heart failure) which requires the adequate solution of the problem of healthcare provisions taking account of the current demographic situation and increased life expectancy within the older population suffering from a number of chronic diseases.