[Complications of endocardial electric stimulation].

The results of the operative treatment of 277 patients with atrioventricular block and sick sinus syndrome were analysed. The primary implantation of the electrocardiostimulators (ECS) was performed in 211 (73.5%), the repeated one--in 76 (26.

[Effect of thyrocalcitonin on the functions of the intact and hypertrophied myocardium].

Examination of 20 individuals without any pathological conditions of the cardiovascular system and 8 patients with myocardial hypertrophy has shown that the hypocalciemic hormone of the thyroid gland thyrocalcitonin has a certain negative inotropic effect and does not possess chrono- and dromotropic affects. The mechanism of the cardiac effect of thyrocalcitonin is evidently due to its effect on the metabolism of calcium and its transportation in the myocardial structures.

[Changes in the electrolyte composition of the blood of humans and animals under the influence of thyrocalcitonin].

A study was made of the effect of the thyroid hormone thyrocalcitonin (TCT) on the electrolyte composition of the plasma and erythrocytes. In healthy persons and in the patients with various diseases of the cardiovascular system administration of 1 Unit of TCT per 1 kg of weight led to a significant reduction of the total plasma calcium and its diffusible fraction and also of plasma sodium. A course treatment with the hormone led to the enhancement of the hypocalciemic effect.