Functional classification of ischemic heart disease
Rozova, N.K.; Meshalkin, L.D.; Kulikova, N.M.; Efron, I.I.
Kardiologiia 20(3): 15-20
1980
ISSN/ISBN: 0022-9040 PMID: 7373982 Document Number: 160009
A modified variant of the functional classification of patients with ischemic heart disease standard for all stages of rehabilitation is suggested. It is based on the rate with which the program of treatment is fulfilled and on the determination of the clinico-functional parameters and the physiological reaction of the patient during rehabilitation. The classification was tested on 98 patients with macrofocal myocardial infarction (average age 53.5 years) who underwent a successive rehabilitation program at the inpatient, sanatoria, out-patient stages with a subsequent two-year follow-up as out-patients after they had resumed working. The classification proved sufficiently informative in regard to the prognostication of the restoration of working capacity and the character of the course taken by ischemic heart disease.