Yu.I. Bandazhevsky, N.F. Dubovaya, G.S. Bandazhevskaya, O.N. Kadun, O.V. Savenko, S.N. Grishin

In the first decades after the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident, vast territories of Belarus, Ukraine and the Russian Federation were heavily contaminated with radioactive substances, primarily ¹³⁷Cs and ⁹⁰Sr [1, 2, 3]. Radionuclides were transferred from soil to the body of people living in these areas through food chains and were intensively incorporated by vital organs and systems, including the heart, leading to serious interference with metabolic and electrophysiological processes in cell structures [2, 4, 5]. A correlation between ¹³⁷Cs radionuclide concentrations in the body and the occurrence of a disturbance in conduction of the electrical impulse in the heart muscle of children was found [2, 4]. In this regard, it is appropriate to examine on a regular basis the cardiovascular system in the entire child population residing in an area affected by the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident.

The aim of the paper was to evaluate the cardiovascular system in children from Polesie and Ivankov districts of Kyiv region, Ukraine affected by the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident.

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