Review of novel clinical recommendations on diagnosis and treatment of atrial fibrillation (2016) of the European society of cardiology developed in collaboration with the European association for cardio-thoracic surgery

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Review of novel clinical recommendations on diagnosis and treatment of atrial fibrillation (2016) of the European society of cardiology developed in collaboration with the European association for cardio-thoracic surgery

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Prevalence of risk factors of cardiovascular diseases in children and adolescents based on the data from health centers [Распространенность факторов риска развития сердечно-сосудистых заболеваний у детей и подростков по данным центров здоровья]

Objective. To estimate frequency of overweight, obesity, high blood pressure and hypercholesterolemia in children and adolescents - visitors of health centers. Material and methods. In a cross-sectional retrospective study there were analyzed different data: height, weight, arterial pressure, total cholesterol level in blood samples of 70.001 children (36.097 boys) aged 6-17 years from 17 regions of Russia. Overweight and obesity were determined by the WHO's diagnostic criteria, z-score tables of body mass index, taking into account gender and age. Hypercholesterolemia was diagnosed as total cholesterol level > 5,2 mmol/l, high blood pressure as systolic and/or diastolic blood pressure > 95‰ of blood pressure curve in the population with the corresponding age, gender and height. Results. Frequency of overweight, obesity, high blood pressure and hypercholesterolemia were 18.2%, 6.9%, 5.2% and 3.0% in boys and 15.9%, 5.3%, 4.8% and 4.1% in girls. Frequency of hypercholesterolemia exceeded standard values in 17 regions of Russian Federation (3.5%), in Perm Territory (18.8%), Chuvash Republic (6.9%) and Vladimir Region (8.5%). The maximum frequency of overweight and obesity was observed in the Perm Territory - 39.1% and 17.1%. Frequency of high blood pressure exceeded average values in 17 regions of Russian Federation (4.9%) twice - in Voronezh Region (10.6%) and three times in Khanty-Mansyisk-Yugra Region (15.2%). Conclusion. This data confirm the necessity of prevention intensification of cardiovascular disease, life-style modification and food habits in those regions of Russia with high frequency of cardiovascular risk factors in children and adolescents. © 2021 National Academy of Pediatric Science and Innovation. All rights reserved

Myocardial micro-alternation index: Influence of age, gender and prevalence of normal values in screening of the population

Myocardial micro-alternation index (IMM) is one of the characteristics of the ECG dispersion mapping (DM) which is widely used for screening of the population. We studied the relationship between IMM, age and gender. We also investigated the prevalence of different IMM ranges: normal (21 % - pathological) in visitors of the health centers (HC). Data of 537 820 visitors of the HC from 25 regions of Russia were analyzed. The visitors underwent ECG DM recording, anthropometry, measurement of blood pressure, glucose and cholesterol in capillary blood. The results have shown that IMM dependence on age and sex is very weak, so the special criteria are not required. The prevalence of IMM ranges («normal», «borderline values» and «pathology») is found to be age-dependent: the prevalence of pathological and borderline IMM values increased from 55 years and 35 years respectively. From the same age there is a decrease in the proportion of visitors with normal IMM values. The share of visitors with risk factors for non-communicable diseases is maximal among those whose values are in the IMM range considered as «pathology» and minimal in the range of «normal». © 2018 Stavropol State Medical University. All Rights Reserved