[Organization of radiologic services in Sarajevo during the war (1992-1995)].

The organization and functioning of radiological diagnostic services in Sarajevo during the three and a half years of aggression are presented. The sudden and brutal aggression, all kinds of blockage, and total unreadiness of the services caused many problems regarding the number, age structure and qualification of the staff, expended and technically defective equipment lacking spare parts and shortage of electric power, water, heating, of X-ray films, chemicals, contrast agents, sanitary, and all other kinds of material. In spite of all these problems and the necessary narrowing of indications, from April 1992 till September 1995, 340,079 radiological examinations were performed at the Institute of Radiology and 82,924 in the State Hospital, respectively.

The left ventricular ejection time/filling period ratio as derived and simplified new index for noninvasive approximation of primary lusitropy disturbances in chronic hypertensive heart disease: a comparative Doppler-cardiographic and digital-echocardiographic study.

A theoretical new Doppler-cardiographic index was developed for a noninvasive approximation of primary lusitropy disturbances from the peak filling/peak ejection rate ratio. This simplified index, the left ventricular ejection time/filling period ratio was directly extrapolated from the outflow and inflow sample volumes. An index was significantly lower in a group of hypertensive patients with global relaxation disturbance than in the group with "partial" lusitropy disturbance.