Instruments of ICF in the study of disabled children’s disabilities due to congenital heart defects

The article presents the materials of the study conducted among children with CHD, referred for examination to the institutions of medical and social expertise of Moscow in 2015-2022 for five congenital heart defects: Q20.3 Discordant ventricular-arterial connection, Q21.0 Ventricular septal defect, Q21.1 Atrial septal defect, Q21.3 Tetralogy of Fallot, Q25.1 Coarctation of the aorta. The degrees of impairment of body functions in children with CHD were determined, the groups of disability establishment in the studied category and the severity of the disorders were analyzed. The study also found that in addition to congenital heart defects, children with disabilities also had concomitant disorders.