METHOD FOR ASSESSING NECESSITY AND PERIOD OF CORONARY ANGIOGRAM IN PATIENTS WITH DIABETES MELLIUS ACCOMPANIED BY CRITICAL LIMB ISCHEMIA Russian patent published in 2015 - IPC A61B5/00 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: examination by standard methods aims at specifying a number of criteria and ensuring 65-score rating. The necessity and promptness of treating ischemic heart disease are determined by deriving a total score. If the total score is 65 and more, the necessity of an immediate coronary angiography (CAG) procedure is stated; the total score of 19-64 points means the necessity of the CAG procedure in the nearest time of 48 hours; the total score of 10-18 points shows that the CAG procedure may be performed during the following staying in hospital; if the value is 3-9 points, the stress-induced myocardial ischemia test are necessary to be conducted.

EFFECT: method enables specifying the therapeutic approach to the patient and the succession of the surgical intervention, thereby preventing the significant cardiovascular events.

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