[Immediate and Long-term Results of the First in Russia of IntrocoronaryMetal Stent in the Coronary Artery].

The authors present immediate and long term results of the first in Russia implantation in coronary artery of Palmaz-Shatz metal stent. Indications for stenting were urgent after complicated dissection as a result of balloon dilation of discrete bifurcational stenosis of anterior interventricular artery (IVA). Immediate angiographic and clinical result was good.

[The donor's heart 22 years after the orthotopic transplantation].

The orthotopic heart transplantation is an acknowledge method for the treatment of cardiomyopathies of various etiology. Specific vasculopathy of the transplanted heart is considered to be a significant problem of the long-term postoperative period and serves the reason of low 10-years survival rates (not more then 50%). The issue unites the experience of follow-up and intravital electronic microscopy of transplantated heart's biopsies from 20 patients.

[Prevalence and influence of risk factors on coronary shunting operations in patients with aterosclerosis of abdominal aorta and peripheral vessels].

Retrospective study analysis concerning the prevalence of risk factors for unfavorable outcomes after coronary operations in patients with peripheral arterial atherosclerosis is presented. Meta-analysis of individual risk factors was carried out. Frequency of complications after coronary shunting in patients with various concomitant diseases is evaluated.

[Algorithm of cardiac risk assessment before vascular surgery].

to detect the informative value of algorithm of cardiac risk assessment recommended by American Heart Association compared with original standard enlarged protocol. Overall 456 patients underwent vascular operations. First group consisted of 198 patients who were examined according original enlarged protocol; other 258 patients (2nd group) were examined with AHA protocol.

[Combination of reconstructive vascular operations with gene-engineering technologies of angiogenesis stimulation: a present-day policy aimed at improving the remote results of treating patients with lower limb chronic ischaemia].

The authors have studied therapeutic outcomes in a total of 38 patients diagnosed with occlusions of the femoropopliteal segment. In the Study Group patients (n = 19), the operation of femoropopliteal bypass grafting was supplemented by using gene stimulators of angiogenesis (gene constructions with the genes of vascular endothelial growth factor, and angiogenin). The Control Group patients (n = 19) were subjected to a reconstructive vascular operation alone.