Echocardiographic evaluation of cardiac function in female patients with thyroid disorders.

The aim of this study was to assess echocardiographic changes in female patients with untreated dysfunctional thyroid states and whether the therapy aimed to normalize the thyroid dysfunction could lead to improvement in cardiac systolic and diastolic function. The study included 90 female subjects who performed control of thyroid hormonal status at the Institute of Nuclear Medicine at the University of Sarajevo Clinics Centre and who previously were untreated for the thyroid functional disorders. The study sample was divided in three groups based on the thyroid hormones levels: a) hyperthyroid group (n= 30) b) hypothyroid group (n=30) and c) euthyroid (control).

Synthesis of new antioxidant conjugates and their in vitro hydrolysis with Stratum corneum enzymes.

The aim of this study was to synthesize new precursors, combinations of well-known antioxidant molecules: resveratrol, lipoic acid and vitamin E to improve their photo-stability and to modulate their lipophylic character. Active antioxidants are available through a controlled release by the action of skin enzymes upon a topic application. Two conjugates are described, the combinations of resveratrol-lipoic acid (6) and resveratrol-vitamin E (10).

[Myxoma of the right atrium and left ventricle].

In this case report has been shown 63 years old woman who was admitted on internal medicine ward because of chest pain. She said, she has had chest pain for one year, exercise not dependent, connected with shortage of breath and often with coughing mixed with blood. One month before she was discharged from Neurologic Clinic where she had been admitted because of cerebrovascular insult.

[Ebstein's anomaly with patent foramen ovale and supraventricular paroxysmal tachycardia].

A case of asymptomatic 36 years old men with Ebstein anomaly of tricuspid valve, patent foramen ovale and paroxismal supraventricular tachycardia is presented in this paper. A routine physical examination revealed a heart systolic murmur along left and right side of sternum, with right bundle branch block on ECG. It led to the detailed non-invasive cardiologic examination (transthoracic, transeophageal and stress echocardiography, ambulatory ECG), what disclosed above mentioned Ebstein anomaly.

[Congenital heart defects: single ventricle with pulmonary valve stenosis and malposition of the great blood vessels].

A case of two: 21 years and 39 years old male patients with congenital heart disease: Single Ventricle with pulmonary valve stenosis and L-malposition of the great vessels. In the first case the diagnosis of congenital pulmonic stenosis & tricuspid regurgitation was established after birth and during the previous period. In the second case the diagnosis of VSD was established during the recruiting checkup, when he was 18 years old.