An Evaluation of Lymphedema Using Optical Coherence Tomography: A Rat Limb Model Approach.

Lymphedema is a pathology caused by poor lymphatic flow which may lead to complete disability. Currently, precise, non-invasive techniques for quantifying lymphedema are lacking. In this paper, the results of an in vivo assessment of lymphedema via a developed small-animal model using the hindlimbs of rats and an optical coherence tomography (OCT) technique are presented.

[Comparative characteristics of HLA system gene distribution in patients with lung tuberculosis of the Russian population of Chelyabinsk region].

Aim: Study of distribution of genes and HLA system haplotypes A, B, DRB1, DQA1, DQB1 in healthy individuals and patients with lung tuberculosis, members of the Russian population of Chelyabinsk region for isolation of risk markers for the development of various forms of tuberculosis.

Materials And Methods: The study group consisted of 86 patients with lung tuberculosis of the Tuberculosis Dispensary No. 3 of Chelyabinsk of Russian nationality.

[Efficacy and safety of the first made in Russia αβ long-acting adrenoblocker proxodolol in patients with arterial hypertension of the second degree].

Aim: To study efficacy and safety of a new dose and dosage form of proxodolol--a beta-adrenoblocker with alpha1-adrenoblocking activity--in patients with moderate arterial hypertension (AH).

Material And Methods: A total of 60 patients with verified diagnosis of essential AH of the second degree were randomized into two groups: group 1 (n=40) received proxodolol, group 2 (n=20) was given carvedilol. The trial lasted for 89 days.

[Immunity disorders in an acute destructive pancreatitis and methods of their correction].

Immune status in patients with destructive pancreatitis (DP) in long persisting disease and after performance of operative intervention was studied. Signs of secondary combined immunodeficiency were revealed, manifested by decrease of absolute quantity of all lymphocytes populations by 20-70% and concentration of immunoglobulins in blood serum by more than 40%. Conventional therapy did not influence indexes of immunogramm while using immunoglobulin for intravenous injection (IGII), besides saturation of blood by antibodies, the complement activities are increasing as well as indexes of the phagocytes functional state.

[Relationship between the detection of circulating antibodies to antigen with a molecular weight of 67 kD and the severity of clinical manifestations of infectious-allergic myocarditis].

Infectious allergic myocarditis (IAM) is frequently complicated by signs of congestive heart failure (CHF). IAM patients generally suffer from rhythm and conduction disturbances which can be the leading symptom of the disease in some patients. Slowly progressive immune inflammation in the myocardium makes the differential diagnosis difficult in IAM and dilated cardiomyopathy in which endomyocardial biopsy and cardiospecific immunological examinations of the patient are of great significance.