Non-invasive methods for detection of cardiomyopathy in the course of antineoplastic treatment.

In our group of patients suffering from cancer and treated by polychemotherapy and monitored in a complex non-invasive way we obtained data as follows: A normal physical, sensoric and biochemical cardiac finding prior to treatment has been observed in 47 patients out of 68 (69.1%). A pathological cardiac finding prior to treatment has been found in 18 patients out of 68 (26.

Functional capacity of suprarenal cortex in patients on long-term dialysis.

The authors have repeatedly examined the functional capacity of suprarenal cortex in patients on long-term dialysis by means of ACTH stimulation test. Out of 148 examinations, normal reaction was found in 111 cases, partially insufficient in 16 cases, and fully insufficient in 21 cases. Primary suprarenal insufficiency is considered for the reason of insufficient production of cortisol which develops due to enforced changes of regulatory mechanism in glucocorticoids production as a reaction on repeated long-term losses of cortisol through semipermeable membrane.

[Development of collateral circulation in the Paget-Schroetter syndrome].

An eleven years' clinical treatment of a 28-year-old tractor-driver with Paget-Schroetter's syndrome is described. The development of the collateral circulation was pursued during 6 years or 11 years, respectively, after the occurence of the vein thrombosis and the importance of phlebography in this rare disease is emphasized for the judgment of the prognosis. Phlebographic procedure is recommended for the reliable evaluation of the pathomorphological changes of the veins and of the developed collateral circulation.