[Long-term results of clinical application of autologous mononuclear bone marrow fraction for regeneration therapy of ischemic heart disease patients].

An experience with using autologous bone marrow mononuclears for regeneration of the heart was analyzed in 97 patients in whom the intracoronary transplantation of autologous mononuclear bone marrow cells was performed. The results were estimated in terms up to 5 years and compared with a group of 37 patients who underwent only conservative treatment. A distinct positive dynamic of clinical and echocardiographic indices in the main group was noted in a subgroup of patients with a decreased ejection fraction (EF less than 50%) as compared with an analogous subgroup of patients in the control group.

[Quality of life in patients with coronary artery disease after stem cell therapy].

The main group included 17 patients with distal lesion of the coronary bed in whom the performance of complete direct myocardium revascularization was not possible. The autologous bone marrow mononuclears were administered to the main group patients at the period from 2008 to 2010. The control group consisted of 10 patients given standard medicamentous therapy.

[Carotid endarterectomy and endovascular angioplasty with stenting in patients with atherosclerotic stenoses and occlusions of the internal carotid artery].

The authors made a comparative assessment of carotid endarterectomy and endovascular angioplasty with stenting in patients with atherosclerotic lesions of the carotid arteries. The authors consider that indications to stenting and carotid endarterectomy are identical in patients with stenose and occlusions of the carotid arteries. Contraindications to angioplasty of carotid arteries are determined.

[Complications high frequency catheter destruction of heart conduction pathways].

An analysis of 490 operations in 442 patients with different variants of supraventricular and ventricular tachycardia was made. Complications developed in 23 cases (4.7%).

[Role of extra-intracarotid anastomosis in the surgical treatment of chronic cerebral ischemia].

About 500 patients with ischemic brain lesions were studied. Out of them 201 patients underwent 230 operations: 140 extra-intracarotid bypass (EIB) and 90 various interventions on brachiocephalic branches. The study of cerebral hemodynamics by examining blood pressure in the central artery of the retina and middle cerebral artery during surgery, comparison of these findings with those of Doppler sonography and angiography made the authors conclude that EIB improves cerebral hemodynamics, and in some cases it is the only intervention able to improve the status of patients.