[Apheresis of immunoglobulins - new approach to the treatment of severe dilated cardiomyopathy].

Two courses of immunoadsorption with 'Ig Adsopak' were used in the treatment of a patient with dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) during which all class G and partially class M and A immunoglobulins were removed. Every course consisted of 5 daily procedures and resulted in removal of 98% of immunoglobulins. This was associated with complete removal of autoantibodies to beta1-adrenoreceptor.

[Amyloid transfer from a syngenous transplant of amyloid spleen in intact and amyloid mice].

Investigations were carried out on male CBA mice with casein-induced amyloidosis. Fragments of spleens from the amyloid and intact donors were transplanted simultaneously to the opposite kidney poles, subcapsularly, to the intact and amyloid recipients. Amyloid deposits were found in 40 per cent of intact recipients both in their own spleens and in the grafts from intact donors.