[Epidemiologic studies of the prevalence of arterial hypertension among industrial workers in Stara Zagora].

An epidemiologic study was carried out in June 1986 among 1702 industrial workers from the machine-building and metal-manufacturing industry--956 men and 746 women. 57.9% of the workers were in the 30-39 and 40-49 age groups.

[Benign and malignant hemopathies in elderly patients].

108 patient over 75 years of age, treated in an internal diseases ward during a five-year period, were studied. 62 of them were with benign blood diseases, the women prevailing. The malignant hemopathies were found more frequently in men than in women, the ratio being 2.

[Echocardiographic studies in patients with arterial hypertension and above-normal body weight (preliminary report)].

24 echocardiographic parameters were studied in 94 patients with arterial hypertension I and II stage, 25 of the patients were with normal body mass and 65 patients were obese (above normal body mass). Simultaneous M-type and two-dimensional echocardiographic recordings were taken. In the non-obese hypertensive patients the left ventricular hypertrophy was of the concentric type while in the obese hypertensive patients it was of the eccentric type.

[Malignant hemopathies combined with latent tuberculosis (a report of 2 cases)].

Two cases of a combination of a malignant blood disease with latent tuberculosis are presented. One of the patients was with acute leukemia and the other one was with non-Hodgkin's malignant lymphoma (Lymphosarcoma). The blood disease dominated the clinical picture and determined the severity of the course and the lethal outcome.

[Leukocytosis, the leftward shift of the white blood picture and leukemoid reactions in the internal medicine clinic].

The white blood count of 6549 patients with various internal diseases of respiratory, cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, excretory and endocrine systems was studied as well as in neoplasms, collagenosis, etc. with the exception of malignant hemopathies. Leukocytosis was established in 21.