EVALUATION OF THE ENDOVASCULAR TREATMENT OF PULMONARY ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS ON THE QUALITY OF PATIENTS LIFE USING MODERN QUESTIONNAIRE SCALES

Petrosyan Karen V., Khakimov Khurshid A., Dadabaev Gulamzhan M.

The aim of this study was to assess the effectiveness of using a highly specialized questionnaire scale (VSAQ) in addition to standard examination of patients with persistence of pulmonary arteriovenous malformations (PAVMs). From August 2012 to August 2019, at the A.N. Bakulev National Medical Research Center for Cardiovascular Surgery of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, 33 patients (20 men and 13 women) underwent embolization and closure of pathological PAVMs. In this study, along with general clinical examination of patients, the level of blood oxygenation before and after PAVM closure was evaluated, and a repeated assessment of the functional class of heart failure was conducted in the mid-to-long-term period after PAVM closure. To directly assess changes in quality of life, we used specialized questionnaire scales (VSAQ). The use of highly sensitive questionnaire scales is an important addition to general clinical examinations of patients with AML. Moreover, the two-factor nature of this method allows for the assessment of the effectiveness of the treatment carried out in the long term with minimal costs and in the shortest possible time.

Keywords:congenital heart defects, pulmonary arteriovenous malformations, scale-questionnaires