On evaluating occupational fitness in railway workers with ventricular arrhythmias after coronary arteries stenting

Abstract

The authors studied prospects of work capacity preserving after coronary stenting in IHD and cardiac arrhythmias. Examination covered 158 railway workers underwent complete endovascular revascularization of myocardium for coronary stenosis; all of them had ventricular arrhythmias before coronary surgery. Findings are that in long-term period (in 16 months in average) after coronary stenting, grade I and III ventricular extrasystoles disappeared in 77.8 and 54.5% of cases respectively, but only in 11.9% of grade IV ventricular extrasystoles cases. Ventricular extrasystoles remained unchanged in 44.3% of cases. Reliable relationships were seen between unchanged grade IV ventricular extrasystoles and body weight index (OR = 5.49, 95% CI: 0.87-34.67), general cholesterol level (OR = 1.69; 95% CI: 1.06-2.69), low density lipoproteins (OR = 1.66; 95% CI: 1.00-2.76) and left ventricular ejection function lower 45% (OR = 1.61; 95% CI: 1.14-2.27), exertion ventricular extrasystoles before myocardium revascularization (OR = 3.1; 95% CI: 1.78-5.41). That necessitates correction of the mentioned risk factors of cardiac arrhythmias for restored work capacity.