[Differential assessment of myocardial diseases: hemodynamic-angiocardiography studies and etiologic classification].

Subject of our study are 293 patients with diseases of the myocardium, 212 males and 81 females at the average age of 45.2 years who were examined invasively including biopsy of the endomyocardium on account of clinical symptoms and changes of the ECG. Patients with hypertension, vitia, coronary stenoses as well as with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy were excluded.

[Comparative analysis of enzyme activities in endomyocardial biopsy samples of patients with various cardiomyopathies].

41 patients have been investigated using invasive techniques including left ventricular endomyocardial biopsy. One of six specimens per patient was investigated biochemically. 8 pts.

[Pathologico-anatomical peculiarities of ischemic heart disease in females].

In 364 women who died of myocardial infarction, autopsy was performed to assess the extent of chronic ischemic heart disease. The mean age at the time of death at 70.5 years was higher than that of men who died of myocardial infarction; only 4% of the women were less than 50 years of age.

[Diagnostic contribution of endomyocardial biopsy in suspected latent cardiomyopathy].

Twenty-eight patients with suspected diagnosis of latent cardiomyopathy are reported. In all patients left ventricular endomyocardial biopsy (five or more specimens) was performed after noninvasive and invasive investigations. The indication to investigate invasively arose from clinical symptoms in combination with uncertain ECG disturbances.