[Levels of CK MB mass in patients with acute myocardial infarct treatedwith fibrinolysis. Comparison with levels of CK, CKMB, CKMB mass and troponin T in the diagnosis of coronary ischemia].

In a group of 26 patients with AIM the CKMB value was raised above the discrimination level already on admission--on average 2.7 +/- 1.4 hours after development of ischaemic pain--in 46% patients.

[Changes in troponin T levels in patients with acute myocardial infarct treated with fibrinolysis].

The objective of the presentation was to assess changes of the troponin T level--a very sensitive indicator of cardiac muscle damage--in patients with acute myocardial infarction treated by fibrinolysis, and to assess differences in troponin T levels between patients with successful reperfusion and without reperfusion. The troponin T level was examined in 28 patients with acute myocardial infarction (AIM), incl. 22 (78.

Prevalence of psychopathology in patients suffering from breast and gastrointestinal cancer.

Prevalence of psychopathology in 107 in- and outpatients suffering from cancer was assessed by means of self-rating inventory (Symptom Check List (SCL-90)) and an interview. There were 86 women with breast cancer and 21 patients with gastrointestinal cancer (9 women and 12 men). Inventory was administered once after surgery.

[Methylphenidate (Ritalin) in the treatment of acute drug poisoning (discussion)].

Based on data in the literature and his own clinical experience the author submits a historical reminiscence of the nowadays already obsolete indication of methylfenidat in the treatment of acute drug intoxications. Methylfenidat, being a central stimulant, reduces and alleviates quantitative disorders of consciousness or prevents a relapse of unconsciousness in acute drug intoxications. Even when large doses are administered by the parenteral route, it is very safe.

[Subacute thrombosis of the abdominal aorta with suprarenal involvement and successful treatment with pharmacomechanical fibrinolysis].

In a 43-year-old patient with Ebstein's anomaly and a history of acute myocardial infarction by means of duplex ultrasonography and aortography the diagnosis of thrombotic occlusion of the a aorta was established, starting above the insertion of the renal arteries and reaching as far as the bifurcation of the aorta and the common iliac arteries. In the clinical picture dominated complete anuria with uraemia and marked hyperkaliaemia as a result of ischaemic affection of the extremities due to thrombosis of the aorta; at the onset of hospitalization also left ventricular failure with hyperhydration and later also signs of the hyperviscous syndrome. The latter developed after repeated haemofiltrations which led to a rise of the originally high haemoglobin and haemotocrit values a result of a righ-left shunt in Ebstein's anomaly.