[Special features of coronary artery involvement in women with rheumatoid arthritis].

Aim of the study was to assess the state of coronary arteries and to reveal peculiarities of their involvement in women with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). We examined 51 women: 30 patients with RA and 21 women of the control group. Average age of patients with RA was 49+/-7.

[Duplex scanning of brachiocephalic arteries and multislice spiral computed tomography of coronary arteries in the comprehensive evaluation of the arteries in women with rheumatoid arthritis].

Comprehensive examination was made in women (mean age 49.6 +/- 7.4 years) with rheumatoid arthritis diagnosed abnormalities of brachiocephalic and coronary arteries in 86% of cases.

[Positive experience in long-term follow-up and surgical management of a stenosing lesion of the thoracoabdominal portion of the aorta and its branches in non-specific aortoarteritis].

The article is based on experience gained in 25-year follow-up of a female patient presenting with pathology of the thoracoabdominal aorta and its branches in non-specific aortoarteritis. Discussed herein are clinical peculiarities of the development and course of the disease, analysing the outcomes of the reconstructive operations performed, followed by due assessment of efficacy of long-term treatment.

[To the role of computed tomography in the algorithm of diagnosis of lung cancer].

The paper summarizes the results of examination of 100 patients with malignant tumors of the lung. The results of X-ray study, linear tomography, and computed tomography (CT) used in the examination of patients with lung cancer were compared by using as an indicator the following parameters: to make diagnosis of lung cancer, to reveal mediastinal intergrowths, to detect enlarged lymph nodes, pulmonary metastases, and pleural lesions, to obtain information on tumor spread into the chest, to reveal growths into the vascular walls. To evaluate the efficiency of the techniques in solving the above diagnostic tasks, a statistical analysis including the estimation of their accuracy, specificity, and sensitivity was made.