[Left ventricle hypertrophy following myocardial infarction. Morphometric evaluation of the infarcted region and the free wall of the left ventricle].

Unlabelled: The aim of the study was to assess the relationship between the left ventricle (LV) hypertrophy and the effect of different morphological and clinical parameters in patients after Q-wave myocardial infarction (QMI).

Material And Methods: A morphometric evaluation was performed in 21 patients after QMI (the mean age was 58.8 +/- 9.

Subacute stent thrombosis following coronary angioplasty: incidence and risk factors.

Background: Subacute stent thrombosis was a significant complication in the early years of coronary stenting, often leading to myocardial infarction, need for urgent surgery or even death. The introduction of intracoronary ultrasound enabled the identification and proper treatment of the main causes of stent thrombosis, reducing the rate of this complication to 1%.

Aim: To identify risk factors of subacute stent thrombosis.

[Ear lobe crease as a factor of potential risk for coronary artery disease?--World news review and own research].

The aim of this study was to define the value of ear-lobe crease as the marker of potential risk of coronary artery disease on the basis of world's reports and own research. The test group consisted of 92 patients who were classified to coronary-artery bypass graft using coronarography. Patients were divided into 3 groups (A-without ELC, B-ELC on one ear, C-ELC bilateral).

[The level of erythropoietin in serum of patients with anemia during infective endocarditis].

The infective endocarditis is a septic syndrome caused by an infection in endocardium or in heart valves. The majority of patients with infective endocarditis develop normocytic anemia. The metabolic studies in septic shock syndromes documented an intensive proteolysis of muscles, visceral organs and blood proteins, and probably of erythropoietin as a glycoprotein as well.

[Survival of women and men after myocardial infarction does not differ. Results of several years' observation].

The contention that female gender is an independent factor that affects survival after acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is still controversial. The aim of this retrospective study was to assess whether or not early and late mortality after AMI is greater in women than in men. Data of 464 consecutive patients (130 women and 334 men) who had a documented acute myocardial infarction in our Department of Cardiology between 1990 and 1993 were eligible for the study.