Long-term results of sanatorium treatment of patients with acute myocardial infarction

The restoration of the working capacity of patients after acute myocardial infarction is an urgent problem of modern cardiology. In 1979, on the basis of the Vasilievsky sanatorium, a department for the rehabilitation of patients with acute myocardial infarction was organized. Using the questionnaire method, we analyzed the effectiveness of rehabilitation treatment of patients based on long-term results for three years (1979-1981). 800 questionnaires were sent out. The aim of the study was to clarify the patient's condition, the duration of disability during the illness (hospital, sanatorium, polyclinic), current ability to work, as well as questions about whether the patient is a disabled person, whether the treatment continues under conditions of dispensary observation, what is the volume of his physical activity. This study involved 526 (65.7%) people who answered all the questions.