EFFICACY OF CARDIOSYNCHRONIZED ELECTRICAL STIMULATION IN PATIENTS WITH ACUTE HEART FAILURE G.G. Ivanov Department of cardiology First MSMU n.a. <...> I.M. Sechenov Trubetskaya str., 8, p 2, Moscow, Russia, 119991 Russian Federation State Research Center “Institute of Biomedical Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences” 76 A Highway Horoshevskoe, Moscow, Russia, 123007 Department of Hospital Therapy Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia Miklukho-Maklaya str., 8, Moscow, Russia, 117198 М. <...> Chuiko Department of Hospital Therapy Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia Miklukho-Maklaya str., 8, Moscow, Russia, 117198 G. Halabi Medical Hospital 2000 Shouweifat. <...> Мuraued Economic Faculty American University of Beirut PO Box 11-0236, Beirut, Lebanon 11072020 Objective: to study the efficacy of external cardiosynchronized muscular counterpulsation (CMC) in patients with different variants of acute heart failure. <...> The study included the examination results of 62 patients with acute heart failure, which undergo two variants (two groups) of therapy: 1) only the standard drug therapy (diuretics, nitrates, etc.) and 2) in the case of its inefficacy over 12 hours, combination of the drug therapy with the CMC sessions over 7 days. <...> The clinical assessment of the patients under examination characterized the group with the standard therapy as less severe. <...> In 64% of the group 2 patients, a significant improvement in the form of improvement in the fluid balance indices was noted during the combined therapy. <...> Key words: external cardiosynchronized muscular counterpulsation, acute heart failure, ECGdispersion mapping, predictors of death. <...> Quite widespread problems in such patients are the resistance toward diuretic therapy and impossibility of surgical interventions for various reasons. <...> The treatment of chronic heart failure (CHF) evolved from the symptom management using diuretics and digoxin to the nosoptropic therapy using ACE inhibitors, betablockers, spironolactone, etc. <...> Pharmacological methods of treatment of HF are undoubtedly of great importance, but there are a number of patients whose treatment requires 59 Вестник РУДН, серия Медицина, 2013, № 2 application of different methods, including the assisted circulation methods using mechanical and biomechanical systems, which promote the fluid shift in order to decrease the heart work or to increase <...>