[Effects of long-term therapy with losartan on baroreflex regulation of cardiovascular system].

To assess dynamics of structural-functional parameters of the circulatory system including the state of the cardiopulmonary baroreflex (CPBR) in patients with ischemic heart disease (IHD) and cardiac failure (CF) on losartan treatment, we studied 14 IHD men with CF (NYHA functional class II-III), mean age 54.6 +/- 7.1 years.

[Clinical efficacy of carvedilol in patients with severe cardiac insufficiency].

Aim: To assess clinical response to carvedilol in long-term treatment of cardiac failure (CF).

Material And Methods: 34 patients with CF (NYHA functional class III-IV) were observed for 6 months. 25 of them received standard therapy combined with carvedilol, 9 patients received only standard therapy.

[Cardiomyoplasty--a surgical method of treatment in heart failure].

Until recently heart transplantation has been the only method of surgical treatment of severe myocardial heart failure. In the recent years operations of cardiomyoplasty have been performed more and more often for treatment of patients with this disease. The article presents the literature and personal data on the operation technique, indications and contraindications for it.