[Role of angiocardiography in the diagnosis of anomalous drainage of pulmonary veins].

Analyzes the results of a comprehensive intracardiac examination of 81 patients with abnormal drainage of the pulmonary veins. Angiocardiographic catheterization of the heart cavities helped identify the type of drainage abnormalities and severity of pulmonary hypertension in all the cases. Reliable and indirect angiocardiographic signs in relation to the type of abnormality were singled out.

[Roentgeno-endovascular dilation of aortic coarctation].

The potentialities of roentgeno-endovascular dilation (RED) of various types of coarctation and aortic stenoses were studied in 12 patients aged 9 to 27. RED was performed by two Grüntzig's catheters with balloons not less than 7 mm in diameter. The main criterion of RED efficacy was a gradient of systolic pressure which was on the decrease by 25-40 mm Hg after using one catheter, and by 40-70 mm Hg after using both catheters.

[Changes in hemodynamics and angioarchitecture of the hepatolienal basin after embolization of the splenic artery in liver cirrhosis].

Complex investigations of regional hemodynamic changes in the spleno-hepatic basin in 72 patients with cirrhosis of the liver after the embolization of the splenic artery have shown that in most patients the embolization of the splenic artery is followed by pronounced alterations in the portal system, decreased portal pressure, inversed blood flow in the main trunk of the splenic vein. The ESA used in the complex surgical treatment of patients facilitates the compensation of the portal blood circulation.