FIELD: medicine, cardiology. SUBSTANCE: one should take into consideration patient's age, variants of myocardial infarction (MI) flow, either presence or absence of diabetes mellitus, heart failure above I degree, arterial hypertension, complications of hospital MI stage, repeated MI during the first year after the first MI, early postinfarction stenocardia, disorders of heart conductivity after MI, ABH- type secretion, genetic markers: blood groups of ABO, MN, Le, serum protein Gc, erythrocytic enzymes ACP, PGM, EsD. For every factor it is necessary to calculate prognostic coefficient (PC). Prediction of postinfarction period flow is carried out by the value of PC total. EFFECT: higher accuracy of prediction. 2 ex, 1 tbl
