[Impact of cardiac resynchronization therapy on survival in patients with ischemic and nonischemic cardiomyopathy in clinical practice].

Aim: To compare the impact of cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) on survival in patients with ischemic and non-ischemic cardiomyopathy (CMP) in clinical practice.

Subjects And Methods: The study enrolled 206 patients with NYHA Functional Class II-IV chronic heart failure (CHF) and a left ventricular ejection fraction of < or = 35, including 107 patients implanted with CRT devices in combination with continuous drug therapy (DT). Among the 107 patients, 48 were diagnosed as having non-ischemic CMP (NCMP), 59 as coronary heart disease (CHD).

[Influence of permafrost microorganisms on the quality and duration of life of laboratory animals].

Microorganisms of genus Bacillus strain 3M (permafrost microorganisms--PM), allocated from the samples of permafrost soils from Mamontova Mountain (Yakutia) are influenced by the quality and duration of life of elderly mice. PMs were injected intraperitoneally to CBA mice at the age of 17 months. Motion activity, muscular force (lifting of cargo test), food instinct activity (dosed starvation test) and cellular immunity activity (reaction of delayed-type hypersensitivity in vivo) of animals have increased, and psychoemotional condition of animals has improved under influence of PM.