Cardioprotective effect of histidine-containing dipeptides in pharmacological cold cardioplegia.

The cardioprotective effect of cardioplegic solution based on histidine-containing dipeptides was evaluated on isolated rat heart under conditions of hyporthermia and long ischemia. The use of natural dipeptides in cardioplegic solutions promoted an increase in the buffer capacity of myocardial cells and creation of an additional anti-ischemic effect under conditions of long ischemia and hypothermia.

[The differential diagnosis of anthrax in man].

The paper reports group cases of the disease running as anthrax. The disease was not identified etiologically. The authors hold that it is important to make differential diagnosis of anthrax with necrobacillosis, pasteurellosis and contact pustular viral dermatitis.

[The effect of anesthesia on the neurohumoral regulation system and water-electrolyte balance during aortocoronary bypass].

Two methods of multicomponent general anesthesia distinct in the analgetic agent used to ensure analgesia have been compared. In group I (6 patients) analgesia was ensured by fentanyl at a dose of 10 micrograms/(kg/min), in group II (7 patients) it was ensured by pyritramide (dipidolor) at a dose of 2 mg/kg for the whole operative period. The study has shown that during aortocoronary bypass surgery in patients with ischemic heart disease analgesia is better ensured by pyritramide than by fentanyl administration.

[Study of peripheral blood circulation during continuous and pulsatile perfusion based on the data of transcutaneous pO2 and pCO2 monitoring].

The study was performed on 22 patients with congenital heart valve defects after hypothermic cardiopulmonary bypass surgery. Transcutaneous and arterial pO2 and pCO2 have been measured at different stages of investigation. Nonpulsatile flow was applied to 10 patients and pulsatile flow--to 12 patients.