AHA Medical/Scientific Statement: 1994 revisions to classification of functional capacity and objective assessment of patients with diseases of the heart.
AHA Medical/Scientific Statement: 1994 revisions to classification of functional capacity and objective assessment of patients with diseases of the heart.
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AHA 医学/科学声明:1994 年对心脏疾病患者的功能能力分类和客观评估进行了修订。
作者:
K. Chacko
In 1928 the New York Heart Association published a classification of patients with cardiac disease based on clinical severity and prognosis. This classification has been updated in seven subsequent editions ofNomenclature and Criteria for Diagnosis of Diseases of the Heart and Great Vessels (Little, Brown & Co). The ninth edition, revised by the Criteria Committee of the American Heart Association, New York City Affiliate, was released March 14, 1994.* The new classifications are summarized below for the many physicians and scientists who use them to describe the status of individual patients. A principal change in this edition is terms for the classes. Early editions referred to functional capacity and therapeutic classifications. The terms cardiac status and prognosis were used in the seventh (1973) and eighth (1979) editions. However, functional capacity is the term generally used by the medical profession. Therefore, the Criteria Committee is again using that term, which is based on subjective symptoms, and adds as the second category objective assessment, which is based on measurements such as electrocardiograms, stress tests, x-rays, echocardiograms, and radiological images. In addition, the Canadian Cardiovascular Society Grading Scale (Campeau L. Circulation. 1976;54:522. Letter), which considers anginal symptoms not previously included in the classes, has been incorporated into the new edition. Shown below are the new terms and definitions.