[Features of postoperative immunosuppression according to the results of studies of the functional activity of peripheral blood monocytes of patients with acquired heart defects]. / Osobennosti posleoperatsionnoi immunodepressii po dannym o funktsional'noi aktivnosti monotsitov perifericheskoi krovi u bol'nykh priobretennymi porokami serdtsa.

The article analyzes post-surgery immunosuppression as judged by the data on the functional activity of peripheral blood monocytes in 34 patients with rheumatic heart disease following its surgical correction. It has been established that prolonged immunosuppression may serve as an additional criterion of myocarditis development in the early post-surgery period.