Possibilities of the questionnaire method for detection of the symptoms of preclinical stages of coronary arteriosclerosis and ischemic heart disease
Aronov, D.M.; Kovaleva, O.F.; Aleshin, O.I.; Mazaev, V.P.; Rozhnov, A.V.; Danielov, G.E.
Kardiologiia 31(3): 32-35
1991
ISSN/ISBN: 0022-9040 PMID: 1875594 Document Number: 368340
A comprehensive study was made of 140 males aged 26-55 years who were divided into 3 groups: (1) 47 healthy individuals; (2) 67 subjects with early signs of coronary heart disease; and (3) 29 patients with coronary heart disease (Functional Class II). The pattern of chest pain was thoroughly analyzed by a specially developed questionnaire. The results were compared with the data obtained from an interview by Rose's questionnaire. The analysis demonstrated that neither Rose's questionnaire nor the detailed one specially developed by the authors identified subjects with preclinical coronary heart disease.