Khronicheskoe legochnoe serdtse:klassifikatsiya, klinika, diagnostika,lechenie. Chast' I

Summary. In the first part of this review both domestic and foreign data from clinical and experimental researches relating to modern views on the definition, classification, clinical and morphological picture, as well as approaches to the treatment of chronic pulmonary heart (CPH) are presented. The CPH classification in stages and functional classes depending on the level of pulmonary failure, arterial oxygen saturation, right ventricular hypertrophy and heart failure are given. Modern methods of diagnosing CPH are introduced as well.