[A case of surgically treated septum perforation associated with acute myocardial infarct].

The authors present the case-history of an elderly female patient with acute myocardial infarction complicated by ventricular septal defect (VSD). She was operated on in order the VSD to be corrected but--probably because of sutural insufficiency--it temporarily reopened, later closed spontaneously. The significance of certain tests in the differential diagnosis of systolic murmur after acute myocardial infarction is discussed, and the importance of these findings compared to the clinical picture is emphasized.

Study of the effect of Tensiomin (captopril) in chronic heart failure.

Tensiomin (captopril) was tested in 23 patients with chronic heart failure for 7.5 months on the average. In 9 outpatients suffering from congestive cardiomyopathy the effect of Tensiomin as an adjuvant to digitalis, diuretic, vasodilator etc.