[Five-year activity of new departments of emergency cardiological care with cardiac resuscitation units in Moscow]. / Itogi piatiletnego opyta raboty vnov' sozdannykh otdelenii neotlozhnoi kardiologii s blokom kardioreanimatsii v Moskve.

AIM: To analyse results of treatment in new cardiological critical care units in Moscow (62 beds). MATERIAL AND METHODS: Five years reports presented in 1993-1999 to Moscow Public Health Committee. RESULTS: The activity of the new cardiological units proved efficient: cardiovascular lethality reduced by 20%; quality of diagnosis and treatment improved; bed turnover increased. CONCLUSION: A new system of medical care for critical cardiological patients is recommended for introduction as basic form of organization of urgent cardiological inpatient care in Moscow.