[Ischemic cardiomyopathy: remote complications and their prognostication after isolated myocardial revascularization].

Aim of investigation was to study rate of remote cardiovascular complications after aorto-coronary grafting (ACG) in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy and revelation of informative pre- and early postoperative markers of left ventricular (LV) function for determination of prognosis of cardiovascular complications and functional state of patients in remote postoperative period. Doppler echocardiographical parameters of left ventricular function were assessed in pre- and early postoperative period in 107 patients in whom cardiovascular events did not recur in late postoperative period (during 1 year) and in 63 patients who had recurrent cardiovascular events. Influence of a sign (x) on probability p(x) of cardiovascular events in postoperative period was estimated on the basis of logistic model.

[Trends of main risk factors of coronary heart disease in Kaunas population during 20 years (the data of the MONICA study)].

MONICA (Multinational MONItoring trends and determinants of CArdiovascular diseases) study was carried out in Kaunas in 1983-2002 in four random samples of population aged 35-64 years (overall 3292 men and 3548 women - response rate 65.1%). Over the 20-year period, mean levels of systolic blood pressure (BP) (in men and women), diastolic BP (in women), body mass index (in men and women) decreased while mean levels of total serum cholesterol increased (in men and women).