[Comprehensive evaluation of the severity of illness in patients with ventricular arrhythmias by using a mathematical...

A comprehensive method for objectivization of the condition in patients with ventricular arrhythmias has been first developed and tested. Equations for determining the severity indices for ventricular arrhythmias, coronary dysfunction, heart failure, and arterial hypertension have been derived on the basis of isolation and mathematical formalization of clinical and instrumental signs of the above abnormalities. With the derived indices it is possible to make a valid comprehensive assessment of the severity of ventricular arrhythmias, to identify the syndrome predominant in the clinical course of the syndrome, and to quantify the efficiency of inpatient and long-term outpatient therapy.