The aim: The study was designed to establish the prevalence of acute heart failure in patients with acute myocardial infarction, to determine the sex-age characteristics of acute myocardial infarction course in case of complications by acute heart failure of high classes (Killip III and Killip IV). Materials and methods: We analyzed medical records of inpatients of the myocardial infarction department of the municipal non-profit enterprise Vinnytsia Regional Center for Cardiovascular Pathology in 2019. The survey covered 828 medical records of patients with acute myocardial infarction, average age (64.6 ± 0.38), including 569 (64.7%) males and 311 (35.3%) females. Results: 129 (15.6%) patients with acute myocardial infarction were diagnosed high-class acute heart failure. Patients with high-class acute heart failure were statistically significantly elderly individuals of the average age (69.0 ± 1.3), (p <0.001), including 53.7% of males, and 46.3% (p <0.001) female patients. Patients with acute myocardial infarction complicated by acute heart failure were hospitalized within 2 hours of symptoms` onset with statistically significantly higher probability (p = 0.004). Patients with acute myocardial infarction complicated by acute high-class heart failure were statistically significantly more likely diagnosed with concomitant hypertension, diabetes mellitus, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, chronic kidney disease than individuals with uncomplicated acute myocardial infarction. Acute myocardial infarction patients` mortality was 3.4%, while the one in patients with acute heart failure was 38% (p <0.001). Conclusions: Patients with complicated myocardial infarction are characterized by statistically significantly higher comorbidity and increased lethality.

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The prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease among patients with cardio-vascular diseases is higher than in general population. At the same time the one of problems of internal medicine is a timely diagnostics of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The aim of the work was the study of prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease among patients with cardio-vascular diseases, especially arterial hypertension and coronary heart disease. Materials and methods. The retrospective analysis of statistical cards of patients, who were on stationary treatment at therapeutic departments, was carried out to estimate the prevalence of combination of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with arterial hypertension. The target examination of 136 patients was realized for revelation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. All patients were interrogated by the original modified questionnaire of assessment of short breath by medical research council (mMRC), test for assessment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (CAT) and underwent spirography with bronchodilatation test. Results. It was established, that 10,2 % of patients had the combination of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with arterial hypertension. Among persons, who were on treatment as to the stable coronary heart disease and had not obstructive disease of respiratory organs in anamnesis, in 26,4 % the chronic obstructive pulmonary disease was diagnosed for the first time.

The occurrence of cognitive disorders is a common problem after surgery. The degree of worsening of cognitive functions after surgery and anesthesia has a significant impact on the patient's health and is significantly associated with prolonged recovery in the hospital, increased morbidity and delayed functional recovery. The aim of the study was to increase the effectiveness of the diagnosis of moderate cognitive impairment and to determine its gender and age characteristics in patients before and after cardiac surgery in the early postoperative period (3 and 7 days). We examined 56 patients who underwent cardiac surgery for coronary heart disease in 37 (66.1 %) and valvular heart defects in 19 (33.9 %) patients. Assessment of cognitive functions was performed before surgery, on the 3rd and 7th day of the postoperative period. Testing was performed using the Montreal Cognitive Test. Statistical processing of the obtained data was performed on a personal computer using the statistical software package SPSS 12.0 for Windows using parametric and non-parametric methods. It was found that presence of cognitive disorders before surgery was registered in 37 (66.1 %) patients, mostly among the age of group of 60-74 years and had no gender difference. It was found that in the early postoperative period there is a significant worsening of cognitive functions in patients after cardiac surgery on 3rd day – in 45 (80.4 %), on 7th day – in 44 (78.6 %) patients, respectively.

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