[The frequency and structure of cardiac rhythm disturbances in the women presenting with abdominal obesity during the postmenopausal period].

We have studied the frequency and structure of cardiac rhythm (CR) disturbances in the women presenting with abdominal obesity (AO) in the postmenopausal period. The single-step study involved 210 postmenopausal women (median age 57 years) who were examined by 24-hour ECG monitoring, measurement of arterial pressure, body mass index, and the relationship between waist and hip circumferences. CR disturbances were revealed in all 159 women with abdominal obesity, ischemia in 16.

[Metabolic syndrome and decreased bone mineral density in climacteric women].

The objective of this work was to evaluate the influence of insulin resistance on the development of syndrome of osteopenia. The case-control study included 124 women with osteopenia and osteoporosis of the distal forearm segment diagnosed by X-ray densitometry in accordance with the WHO criteria (DTX 200). One group of the patients comprised 62 women with metabolic syndrome (MS) by the criteria of NCPE ATP III.

[Frequency of diagnosis of postmenopausal osteoporosis of the spine, distant radius and extravertebral fractures in women with normal body mass, overweight and obesity].

Aim: To assess features and peculiarities of postmenopausal osteoporosis (OP) in women with normal body mass, overweight and obesity.

Material And Methods: Dual energy X-ray absorptiometry of the lumbal spine (Lunar DPX) and distal radius X-ray absorptiometry (DTX 200) were performed during cross-section study of 730 symptomatic postmenopausal women.

Results: OP was diagnosed in 253 (34.

[Peculiarities of cardiac involvement in patients with dystrophic myotonia].

Dystrophic myotonia is a widespread hereditary disease. Pathological process touches development and functioning of various organs and tissues: smooth and skeletal muscular tissue, the heart, organ of vision, brain. Pathology of the heart serves as one of frequent manyfestations of dystrophic myotonia.

[The evaluation of cardiovascular risk in postmenopausal women with osteopenia].

The purpose of the study was to evaluate the prevalence of the most important cardiovascular risk factors in postmenopausal women in correlation with bone mineral density (BMD). A hundred and fifty postmenopausal women were included in a case control study. The subjects were distributed into three equal groups: normal bone mass; osteopenia; non-complicated osteoporosis.