We measured serum levels of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) in 25 elderly women in 23 men-patients with chronic brain ischemia (CBI), and in 26 gender and age matched healthy controls. The serum levels of BDNF were significantly lower in patients with CBI as compared to healthy controls. The serum levels of BDNF were also lower in men with CBI (7815,14 x 10 ng/ml) in comparison to women-patients (8466,05 x 10 ng/ml).
View Article and Find Full Text PDF52 elderly women and 36 matched by age and education men with initiatory stages of chronic brain ischemia (CBI) have been studied using comparative analysis of personality characteristics. Women with CBI had higher level of psychosocial stress than men. The results demonstrate the predomination of extrapunitive frustration reactions among women.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe operations of coronary artery bypass surgery were performed in 52 patients over the period of time since June 2004 till November 2012. The age of the patients was from 46 till 77 years (on average 60.8 +/- 7.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe relapse of ischemia was detected in 127 patients in clinical series after coronary bypass surgery. It was noted in terms from 1 month till 204 months. The basic clinical manifestation or the relapse of ischemia was the recurrence of heart stroke in 74.
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