Importance of ultrasonic diagnosis to medical expert evaluation of the work capacity of ischemic heart disease patients
Kogan, B.M.; Kuz'mishin, L.E.; Lavrov, A.A.
Kardiologiia 24(8): 38-41
1984
ISSN/ISBN: 0022-9040 PMID: 6492580 Document Number: 240560
Using the methods of ultrasonic diagnosis such as M-mode echocardiography and sectoral scanning, the cardiac activity of 92 myocardial infarction survivors was studied. Initially, the patients were examined 3-3.5 months after the infarction, then one year later. The findings of the primary examination suggest that factors aggravating the prognosis of the disease and adversely affecting the work fitness of the patients include the detection of the zones of a- and dyskinesia of the myocardium, an enlargement of the cardiac cavities, a decrease in the rate of the circulatory shortening of myocardial fibers, a reduction in the blood stroke volume and in the ejection of the left ventricle. It is concluded to be advisable to use the ultrasonic data for solving questions of medical evaluation of the work fitness of myocardial infarction survivors.