Publications by authors named "Miodrag Rajic"

Out of 362 patients with diagnosis of autoimmune haemopathy treated in eight-year period at the Hematology centre, concomitant autoimmune thyreoideopathy was confirmed in 22 (5.52%). The most frequent was simultaneous manifestation of pernicious anemia and autoimmune thyreoiditis-Phenomenon was less frequently observed in patients with immune thrombocytopenic purpura and Graves disease.

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Chronic thyroiditis (Hashimoto's disease) is a slowly developing persistent inflamation of the thyroid gland, which frequently leads to hypothyroidism. Some of the up-to-date knowledge about hypothyroidism, both subclinical and manifested, caused by autoimmune disease, was presented. Autoimmune thyroid gland disease can occur at any age, but predominantly affects women after periods of high emotional and physical stress or accidents, as well as during periods of hormonal changes.

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Although numerous studies have shown that early post-infarction angina was a predictor of poor prognosis in patients with acute myocardial infarction, not a single study has considered this issue in the elderly. The goal of this study, based on a five-year follow-up of elderly patients with acute myocardial infarction, was to determine whether early post-infarction angina in the elderly had any influence on mortality and the incidence of additional coronary events. The study population consisted of 51 patients, aged 60 years or more, with acute myocardial infarction.

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