We have examined 62 heriatric men with chronic heart failure (CHF) ІІ–IV functional classes according to NYHA classification due to ischemic heart disease and arterial hypertension. The decrease of concentration of the lipids components: phospholipids, free lipids acids and 3-glycerids in plasma and erythrocytes of the patients with CHF, which probably limit by intensification of catabolic processes. The decreased level of free cholesterin in erythrocytes in all patients may become an early sign of the atherosclerosis. The study of regulation in lipid metabolism with different hormons in patients with CHF and mark of prognostic meaning of these changings in the perspective direction now.
