[Predictive value of cardiopulmonary exercise testing in various categories of patients with chronic heart value].

Aim: To specify the prognostic value of parameters of cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) in patients with chronic heart value (CHF) on optimal medical treatment depending on gender, age, left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), cardiac rhythm and achievement of target respiratory exchange ratio (RER) > or = 1.0.

Materials And Methods: 111 patients (83 male, mean age 60.

[Clinical and immunological aspects of extracorporeal photochemotherapy for psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis].

Aim: To evaluate the clinical efficiency of extracorporeal photochemotherapy (EPCI) in the treatment of psoriasis (Ps) and Ps associated with psoriatic arthritis (PsA).

Subjects And Methods: Ninety-three patients with different forms of psoriasis were examined. A study group (SG) comprised 52 patients who were treated with EPCT; a control group (CG) included 41 patients.