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.

chronic pulmonary heart, pulmonary hypertension, right ventricular hypertrophy, vasoconstriction of the small branches of pulmonary arteries and precapillaries, reflex Savitsky-Euler-Lilestranda, nitric oxide (NO), prostaglandins, endothelin receptor antagonists, phosphodiesterase inhibitors