[Minoxidil-induced ophthalmic hypertension (case report)].

This article presents a case of a 31-year-old male patient who presented to the outpatient department of the Krasnov Research Institute of Eye Diseases with complaints of diplopia and increased intraocular pressure (IOP) up to 30 mm Hg. The patient had been using minoxidil topically for androgenic alopecia for 8 years. On examination, mild swelling of the bulbar conjunctiva in the upper fornix was revealed; optical coherence tomography showed thinning of the ganglion cell layer, most likely due to moderate myopia.

[On refraction shift after trabeculectomy].

Purpose: To determine the factors affecting the shift of refraction after trabeculectomy.

Material And Methods: The study included 42 patients who were examined prior to trabeculectomy and at the following timepoints: 1 week, 1 month and 3 months after surgery. Examination included tonometry with assessment of corneal biomechanical properties, keratorefractometry with vector analysis, and biometry.

[The Antihypertensive Effect of the Fixed Combination of Lisinopril and Amlodipine in Patients With Coronary Heart Disease After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting].

Literature data and results of our own register have indicate that hypertension is one of the most common risk factor in patients with ischemic heart disease (IHD) who have undergone coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). But despite proven benefits of control of hypertension after CABG adherence of patients to corresponding recommendations remains low. Fixed combinations of antihypertensive drugs are associated with better compliance.

[The Antihypertensive Effect of the Fixed Combination of Amlodipine and Lisinopril in Patients With Coronary Heart Disease After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting].

Literature data and results of our own register have indicate that hypertension is one of the most common risk factor in patients with ischemic heart disease (IHD) who have undergone coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). But despite proven benefits of control of hypertension after CABG adherence of patients to corresponding recommendations remains low. Fixed combinations of antihypertensive drugs are associated with better compliance.

[Options for prolonging the hypotensive effect of trabeculectomy].

Objective: To assess potential of preoperative therapy with local steroid and non-steroid anti-inflammatory drugs (SAIDs and NSAIDs) for prolonging the hypotensive effect of trabeculectomy.

Material And Methods: A total of 80 patients with primary open-angle glaucoma planed for trabeculectomy were randomized into 4 groups of 20 each: 3 groups that differed in the studied drug (nepafenac, dexamethasone, or their non-fixed combination) and a control group with no preoperative therapy. The patients instilled 1 drop of either drug b.