Study of blood rheological parameters and NO in coronary artery disease patients with and without collaterals.

Background: In coronary artery disease (CAD), an alternative way of improvement of blood circulation in the ischemic area of the myocardium is coronary collateral circulation. Our study aimed to investigate the rheological parameters of blood and nitric oxide (NO) content in patients with various degrees of collateral development and the likelihood of the influence of blood fluidity on collateral angiogenesis.

Methods: We studied patients with stable CAD who underwent elective coronary angiography and a control group with the same mean age.

ASSESSMENT OF CORONARY COLLATERAL CIRCULATION PREDICTORS AMONG PATIENTS WITH ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME IN POPULATION GEORGIA.

Coronary collateral circulation (CCC) has been shown to have a prognostic role in acute myocardial infarction (MI). We aimed to identify factors associated with CCC development in patients with acute myocardial ischemia. In the present analysis, 673 consecutive patients aged 27 - 94 years (64.

Socio-Demographic Determinants of Road Traffic Fatalities in Women of Reproductive Age in the Republic of Georgia: Evidence from the National Reproductive Age Mortality Study (2014).

Purpose: Globally and in the European region, the road traffic injuries (RTI) have emerged as a major public health and development problem, killing the most productive adult members of a population, including women. This study aimed to identify the key socio-demographic determinants of premature and avoidable RTI mortality in reproductive-aged women (15-49 years) in Georgia.

Materials And Methods: The study employed verbal autopsy data from the second national reproductive age mortality survey (RAMOS 2014).

Socio-Demographic Determinants of Mortality from Chronic Noncommunicable Diseases in Women of Reproductive Age in the Republic of Georgia: Evidence from the National Reproductive Age Mortality Study (2014).

Purpose: Worldwide, noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) are the leading cause of premature death of women, taking the highest toll in developing countries. This study aimed to identify key socio-demographic determinants of NCD mortality in reproductive-aged women (15-49 years) in Georgia.

Materials And Methods: The study employed the verbal autopsy data from the second National Reproductive Age Mortality Survey 2014.

DIFFERENCES IN ECG CHARACTERISTICS AND CO-MORBIDITIES AMONG PATIENTS WHO UNDERWENT ELECTIVE SURGICAL REPAIR.

The aim of the study was to assess differences in ECG features and prevalence of comorbidies between two groups of patiens: with Abdominal Aortic Aneurism (AAA) and Aorto-Iliac Occlusive Desieses-Lerish Syndrome (LS). Data was collected for all consecutive adult patients who underwent elective surgical repair of AAA (fusiform aneurysm) or LS at "The Center of Vascular and Heart Diseases" (Tbilisi, Georgia) between 2010 and 2014. We studied a prevalence of Arterial Hypertension (AHT); Diabetes mellitus (DM); Renal Failure (RF),Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD), Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) and rate of coronary revascularization in these patients; We also, investigate some of the electrocariographic characteristics: Corrected QT interval(QTC),QT dispersion(QTD).

[Metabolic issues of ischemia induced myocardial dysfunction].

Myocardial ischemia represents most common cause of necrosis of cardiomyocytes, cardio sclerosis and heart failure. Main clinical manifestation of myocardial ischemia is systolic and/or diastolic dysfunction. It has been shown, that local disturbance of myocardial contractility is not always determined by cell necrosis and cardio sclerosis, as improvement of coronary perfusion may lead to restoration of contractile function of myocardium.

[Pecularities of atherosclerosis developed after chlamidial infection and behaviour of some hematological and biochemical parameters].

The aim of our studies was to create diagnostically informative criteria of hematologic and biochemical analyses and their combinations as well as to establish relation between Chlamidia Pneumoniae A and atherosclerosis. This is to be done for the purpose of establishing the entire pathogenesis carotid and coronary atherosclerosis and inflammation. The investigation of Chlamidia Pneumoniae infection in proved to be a possible risk factor for the carotid atherosclerosis developed in adults that makes the course of atherosclerosis heavier.

[Correlation of some biochemical and coagulological parameters in carotid atherosclerosis].

It has been established positive correlation of the degree of stenosis and intima-media thickness of carotid arteries with the following biochemical parameters: total cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, Apo-B, Lp(a), triglycerides, hs-C-reactive protein(CRP), interleukines (IL-1beta and IL-6), fibrinogen, D-dimers. Negative correlation was stated with respect to HDL cholesterol, Apo-A-1, protein C. Relation between the parameters of the blood lipid spectre, proteins and mediators of inflammation as well as those of hemostasis enables us to approach pathophysiological mechanisms of carotid atherosclerosis, define the processes of inflammation and atherosclerosis.

Assessment of the value of pre-catheterization in diagnosis of st-segment elevation myocardial infarction and tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy.

The aim of our study was to assess if the analysis of precatheterisation initial 12-lead ECG could reliably differentiate between Taco-Tsubo Cardiomyopathy (TTC) and ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), two conditions with a similar clinical presentation. Of the 320 patients with suspected STEMI who underwent angiography over a 2-year period we identified 23 (7.2%) patients without significant coronary artery disease.

[The effect of chemotherapy treatment on hemostasis of patients with lung cancer].

Chemotherapy is known to raise the risk of developing thrombotic complications. The aim of our work is to study the system of hemostasis in patients with the lung cancer under chemotherapy treatment. 61 patients were examined (40 men, 21 women) between the ages of 32 and 75 years (the principal group).

[Role of immune inflammatory activity in chronic heart failure progress].

Significant role of immune inflammatory reactions along with activation of the RAAS (rennin-angiotensin-aldosterone system) and the sympatho-adrenal system in CHF (chronic heart failure) pathogenesis is considered in the present survey article. Together with haemodynamic disorders activation of inflammatory reactions, which involve anti-inflammatory cytokines, is shown to be one of the main factors affecting CHF course and prognosis. Alteration of cytokine level is associated with injury level, gravity of the disease course and its clinical outcome.

Exercise induced QT dispersion changes in middle-aged veteran elite athletes.

Unlabelled: Present work was aimed to study QT dispersion changes during exercise and relation of it with LV myocardium mass in veteran elite athletes. 31 veteran athletes aged 30-50 years and 31 age-matched healthy controls were studied. In all of them QT dispersion (QTd) at rest and during exercise test was evaluated.