[Attitude of district physicians and the population toward measures regarding the prevention of ischemic heart disease].

The experience of the work on multifactorial prophylaxis of coronary heart disease performed on the basis of an urban out-patient center among 40-59-year-old males points to an inadequate response of the population to the primary (57 % after the mailing of 4 invitations) and repeated annual (50-60% of those who have had the primary examination) prophylactic examinations. Over 4 years, 22 % of patients with coronary heart disease and 32 % of patients with arterial hypertension refused to come for out-patient examinations. The number of responses was greater among individuals with risk factors of coronary heart disease.