[ULTRASONIC ASSESSMENT OF DIAPHRAGM CONDITION OF THE PATIENTS, WHO PASSED THE SELECTION FOR LUNG VOLUME REDUCTION SURGERY].

The article showed the results of ultrasonic assessment of topographic and functional diaphragm indices in patients with severe diffuse emphysema. They passed the selection for lung volume reduction surgery. The comparison of diaphragm indices was presented in patients with diffuse emphysema and control group of healthy volunteers.

[The significance of respiratory and orthostatic tests in duplex scanning in diagnostics of celiac artery compression syndrome].

The preoperative transabdominal ultrasonics duplex scanning (UDS) of celiac artery was made in quiet breathing, in inspiration, in expiration, using vertical position in 180 patients. As well as the intra-abdominal UDS was made before the decompression of the celiac artery using the pulmonary ventilation during narcosis and relaxation. Peak systolic blood velocity, degree of stenosis, arterial pressure gradient in the celiac artery and volume blood velocity were hemodynamically significant in quiet breathing, in expiration and intraoperatively, reliably lower in inspiration in vertical position.

[Intraoperative ultrasound duplex scanning in the diagnosis and assessment of results of surgical treatment of patients with celiac compression syndrome].

The authors have performed an analysis of main indicators of celiac duplex scanning in 180 patients with celiac compression syndrome before operation, during decompression and at the postoperative period. All the patients underwent surgical celiac trunk decompression. The indicators of the intraoperative celiac duplex scanning (stenosis degree, linear peak systolic circulation rate) of the celiac trunk shower hemodynamic reliable stenosis and were sufficiently different from preoperative findings.

[Aneurysmatic and occlusive lesions of the aorto-iliac segment in combination with cancer of the lungs and organs of the abdominal cavity].

An analysis of retrospective data has shown that 34 (14.4%) out of 236 patients with aneurysm of the abdominal aorta and iliac arteries and in 62 (5.1%) out of 1214 patients with occlusion or stenosis of these vessels mainly had cancer of the lungs (52%) and stomach (17.

[Celiac trunk compression syndrome associated with primary mitral valve prolapse].

A prospective study included 106 patients with celiac trunk compression syndrome (CTCS). Duplex scanning of the celiac trunk and superior mesenteric artery and echocardiography were performed during their examination. The investigation revealed primary mitral valve prolapse (PMVP) in 78 (74%) patients.

[Blood rheological properties and their interrelation with pulmonary hypertension in patients with chronic dust bronchitis].

Nineteen patients with chronic obstructive disease of the lungs and 15 patients with chronic non-obstructive bronchitis of the dust etiology were examined for the purpose of investigating the rheological blood properties and of their interrelation with pulmonary hypertension. The hemorheological properties were evaluated by spontaneous aggregation of erythrocytes and thrombocytes. The control group comprised 8 healthy subjects.

[Valsalva's test in patients with bronchial asthma].

To examine feasibility of usage of phase IV hemodynamic alterations in the course of Valsalva's test in patients with bronchial asthma for detection of latent insufficiency of the right heart and pulmonary hypertension, 24 patients with mild bronchial asthma and 8 healthy individuals were subjected to Doppler echocardiography. The results indicate that this method is simple, well tolerated, can assess functional reserves of the lesser circulation. It can be used both for primary diagnosis and follow-up.