RegionAL feAtuRes of disAbiLity of pAtients with ischemic heARt diseAse AfteR coRonARy bypAss suRgeRy between 2000 And 2009
The aim of the study was to investigate the measurement of disability of patients with ischemic heart disease after coronary bypass surgery. The results show the characteristics of health and demographic indicators of 2 398 patients, including 2 169 (90.5%) men and 229 (9.5%) women who had surgery at the Chelyabinsk interregional cardiac centers from 2000 to 2009. The average age at surgery was 54.8±6.3 years. Despite advances and the increasing number of coronary bypass surgery by factor of 10 times, in the late period (from 1 to 10 years) after the operation, the number of people with disabilities was 60.5%, including 72.4% of disabled people of working age.