[A new approach in the diagnosis of lung lesions in patients with COVID-19: lung ultrasound protocol versus CT scan].

Aim: To develop a protocol for ultrasound diagnostics of COVID-19 pneumonia and to assess the diagnostic capabilities of the method in comparison with computer tomography (CT).

Materials And Methods: The study included 59 patients with a new coronavirus infection. In order to identify changes in the lung tissue characteristic of a new coronavirus infection, we used a special protocol for ultrasound of the lungs, which was developed by us in such a way that the data obtained were compared by segment with the results of CT of the lungs.

[Coronary calcium and statins therapy].

Aim: Assessment of the dynamics of coronary calcium score (CCS) evaluated with electron-beam tomography (EBT) under the influence of statin therapy in patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) and hyperlipidemia.

Material And Methods: A total of 119 hyperlipidemic CHD patients (mean age 62.1 +/- 9.

Relationships between coronary calcification detected at electron beam computed tomography and percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty results in coronary artery disease patients.

Our objective was to assess the relationship between coronary artery calcification and outcomes of percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA). Electron beam computed tomography (EBCT) was performed in 80 patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) who underwent PTCA. The calcium score in each coronary artery vessel was estimated (in Agatston units) and compared with the occurrence of complications and restenosis.