[Control of myocardial ischemia in patients with effort angina and polyvascular atherosclerotic involvement].

In patients with ischemic heart disease with various degree of severity of atherosclerotic involvement of peripheral arteries maintenance of target levels of arterial pressure and heart rate with the help of therapy which includes cardioselective -adrenoblocker as a preparation of choice with addition if necessary of a calcium antagonist and angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor allows to successfully control myocardial ischemia and heart rate under conditions of everyday life.

[N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide and cardiac involvement in patients with hypertensive disease].

The purpose of this study was to define a correlation between N-terminal proBNP level and extent of cardiac abnormalities. A total of 40 patients with hypertension were included in the study (60.5+/-7.