Reaction of the Heart to High Frequency Stimulation against the Background of Acute Doxorubicin Treatment.

Short-term high frequency electrostimulation (8-10 Hz) of the isolated isovolumic rat heart rapidly increased the rate of pressure rise and drop and the diastolic pressure. At the same time, the relaxation rate constant (RRC), being independent of the developed pressure, remained unaltered. These findings suggested that diastolic pressure rise was not caused by incomplete myocardial relaxation.

[Etiology, epidemiology and psychotherapy of comorbid psychiatric disorders in cancer patients].

The scientific review reflects the prevalence of psychiatric disorders in oncological and hematological diseases. The ratio of occurrence of anxiety and depressive disorders in different nosological forms of cancer was considered. There were described clinical presentation and particular manifestations of depressive and post-traumatic stress disorder in patients with malignant tumors.

[Anxiety disorders diagnostic algorithm in cancer patients].

The article defines the basic principles of anxiety disorders diagnosis (anxious-phobic disorders, panic disorder, generalized anxiety disorder) in cancer patients in accordance with the evidence-based medicine. There are provided typical clinical manifestations, features and variants of courses of disease. There is proposed the anxiety-phobic disorders diagnosis algorithm.