[Microcirculation in patients with viral hepatitis B taking ephedrone].

Circulation in ocular conjunctival vessels was studied in patients with viral hepatites B and B + C. Intravascular, vascular (mainly venular), and capillary changes were observed during the acute period of disease. The most common disorders were erythrocyte aggregation, venous congestion, and reduction of capillary network.

[Characteristics of morphological and functional state of erythrocytes in patients with primary open-angle glaucoma with normalized intraocular pressure].

Disorders in erythrocyte morphology and function (impairment of erythrocyte membranes and decreased erythrocyte deformability), leading to impairment of capillary endothelium with release of Willebrand factor into the blood, increase of blood viscosity, and disorders in microcirculation and transcapillary exchange in the optic disk, were detected in 87.5% of 49 patients (70 eyes) with nonstabilized course of primary open-angle glaucoma with normalized intraocular pressure. Biochemical analysis of plasma lipids showed atherogenic hyperlipidemia with decreased antioxidant activity, which favored the development of these changes and was one of the factors determining the clinical course of disease.

[Impact of disorders in blood rheology on progress of glaucoma in patients with stable normalized intraocular pressure].

Comparative study of blood rheology in 53 patients (76 eyes) without stabilization of primary glaucoma with normalized intraocular pressure (group 1) and in 43 patients (61 eyes) with stabilized course (group 2) showed significant differences between the two groups. In group 1 erythrocyte aggregation was increased in 79.3% and their deformability decreased in 88.

[Clinical efficacy of eiconol in patients with diabetic retinopathy].

Eiconol, a nutrient additive from sea fish oil, was used in the treatment of 48 patients with diabetic retinopathy. Eiconol normalized lipid metabolism parameters, which were increased, in 79.2% patients: total cholesterol decreased by 19.