[Choice of an alternative access in failed endovascular intervention through the right radial artery].

The transradial access has deservedly become the 'gold standard' while performing various X-ray endovascular interventions both diagnostic and therapeutic ones. However, along with all its advantages, it is not without disadvantages. These difficulties for the most part are related to peculiarities of the anatomy of upper-limb arteries.

[Long-term clinical efficiency of endovascular treatment using Cypher rapamycin-eluting stents in patients with coronary heart disease].

The study was undertaken to analyze the long-term results in patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) one year or more after Cypher stent implantation. It covered 1221 patients. One-, two-, and three- vessel lesions were observed in 693 (56.

FLAN: a web server for influenza virus genome annotation.

FLAN (short for FLu ANnotation), the NCBI web server for genome annotation of influenza virus (http://www.ncbi.nlm.

[Comparative analysis of the X-ray morphology of coronary atherosclerosis and the results of endovascular interventions performed in the subacute period and 6 months after prior myocardial infarction].

The study was undertaken to analyze the morphology of coronary lesion and the angiographic results of interventions made in the subacute period and 6 months after prior myocardial infarction. It included 593 patients with and without prior Q-wave myocardial infarction. The X-ray morphological parameters of the coronary bed were analyzed in the patients who had undergone invasive studies within a month (n = 362) and 6 months (n = 231) after sustained myocardial infarction.

Large-scale sequencing of human influenza reveals the dynamic nature of viral genome evolution.

Influenza viruses are remarkably adept at surviving in the human population over a long timescale. The human influenza A virus continues to thrive even among populations with widespread access to vaccines, and continues to be a major cause of morbidity and mortality. The virus mutates from year to year, making the existing vaccines ineffective on a regular basis, and requiring that new strains be chosen for a new vaccine.

[High-frequency jet ventilation of the lungs during intensive care of cardiogenic shock and pulmonary edema in patients with myocardial infarction].

High-frequency (HF) jet ventilation through transtracheal catheter has been used for the therapy of acute respiratory failure in 30 patients ith myocardial infarction complicated by pulmonary edema and cardiogenic shock. Gas exchange and central hemodynamics have been assessed, using a Swan-Ganz catheter fixed in the pulmonary artery. HF ventilation led to a decrease of hypoxemia, pulmonary blood shunting and to a moderate increase in the cardiac output.

[Effectiveness of the use of high-energy lasers in bronchology].

Bronchoscopy by laser radiation was performed in 141 patients. CO2 laser was used in 89 patients: 25 had pulmonary tuberculosis, 6 tumours, 35 stump inflammation, and 23 other diseases. YAG laser was used in 52 patients: 15 of them had tumours, 21 bronchial tuberculosis, 6 osteochondropathy and 10 other diseases.

[Possibilities of instrumental biopsy methods in the diagnosis of rarely occurring disseminated processes of the lungs].

Fifty eight patients with disseminated lung lesions were investigated, including 19 with histiocytosis X, 5 with alveolar microlithiasis, 8 with pulmonary phospholipoproteinosis, 16 with idiopathic hemosiderosis, 1 with primary pulmonary amyloidosis and 9 with primary diffusive tumors of the lungs. In all the above cases, a complex bronchological examination was undertaken with the use of different biopsy transbronchial procedures as well as an open biopsy of a lung. Diagnostic value and efficiency of bronchobiopsies were considered.

[The instrumental diagnosis of disseminated lesions of the lungs].

A study is presented of 52 patients with disseminated pulmonary lesions. Among them: histiocytosis X--17, alveolar microlithiasis--5, pulmonary phospholipoproteinosis--7, idiopathic hemosiderosis--14, primary pulmonary amyloidosis--1, primary diffuse lung tumours--8. All patients were subjected to complex bronchological examination including use of different biopsy transbronchial methods as well as open biopsy of the lung.

[Use of carbon dioxide laser in the treatment of tuberculosis of the bronchi and trachea in children and adolescents].

The first experience with using carbon laser in treatment of specific bronchial affections in children and adolescents was studied. Persisting lymphobronchial fistulas and granulations in 4 children and adolescents were considered as indications to the treatment. The 2-3 exposures, to laser during bronchoscopy with burning out the granulations and caseous led to rapid healing of the fistulas and epithelization of the bronchial surface with formation of small cicatrices.

[The complex cytologic and bacteriologic study of the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid for the purpose of differential diagnosis of sarcoidosis and disseminated pulmonary tuberculosis].

Investigation of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid from patients with sarcoidosis and disseminated tuberculosis of the lungs revealed signs of similarity of and difference between certain cytological, cytochemical and microbiological indices. The signs were helpful in differential diagnosis of sarcoidosis and tuberculosis of the lungs and suggested a common etiological factor causing them.