[Myocardial deformation and rotation in hypertensive men with different degrees of left ventricular hypertrophy].

Purpose: to assess parameters of myocardial deformation and rotation in untreated hypertensive men depending on presence and degree of left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH).

Material And Methods: We examined 98 hypertensive men aged 51 (46-58) years. Examination included clinical evaluation, conventional transthoracic echocardiography, ambulatory blood pressure monitoring, routine laboratory screening.

[Diabetes mellitus and arterial hypertension].

The article discusses the pathogenesis of arterial hypertension, diabetes mellitus and syndrome X as well as problems of the treatment of hypertension complicated by diabetes mellitus.

[Outpatient 24-hr monitoring of arterial blood pressure in women with arterial hypertension during postmenopausal period].

The article is dedicated to a pressing problem of arterial hypertension in the postmenopausal period. Our objective in this study was identifying of special features of the course of arterial hypertension by data secured from a 24-hr monitoring of AH in those women in the post-menopausal period of both surgical and natural genesis. Those women with a surgical menopause had a higher level of AH in the diastole, with that in the systole being the same as in the control group in spite of the fact that the former women were at about the same age, as evidenced by results of the study made.

[Treatment of mild and moderate hypertension with enalapril (multicenter study of enap and enap N in Ukraine)].

Aim: Assessment of efficiency and safety of enalapril (enap) and its combination with hydrochlorotiaside (enap-N).

Materials And Methods: 127 patients with mild and moderate blood hypertension entered an open non-comparative multicenter trial. 60 of them received enap (group 1), 67--enap N (group 2).

[The evaluation of the late results of destruction of the atrioventricular junction in patients with drug-resistant atrial fibrillation].

Atrial fibrillation is a commonly seen form of disordered cardiac rhythm. Catheter-radio frequency ablation of the atrioventricular junction was found out to be an effective approach to control heart rate in continued drug-refractory cardiac fibrillation permitting the quality of the patients' life to be improved. The best results are achievable in patients presenting with chronic cardiac fibrillation.