[The magnetotherapy of hypertension patients].

A study was made of the influence of the constant MKM2-1 magnets on patients suffering from essential hypertension. Continuous action of the magnetic field, created by such magnets, on the patients with stage II essential hypertension was noted to result in a decrease of arterial pressure without the occurrence of any side effects and in a simultaneous reduction of the scope of drug administration. Apart from that fact, magnetotherapy was discovered to produce a beneficial effect on the central hemodynamics and microcirculation.

[Experience in using minipress in essential hypertension].

Investigation of the hypotensive action of minipress, a drug belonging to the group of selective blockers of alpha 1-adrenoreceptors, shows its efficacy in 56.3 percent of patients with stage II essential hypertension. The side-effects were recorded in 16.

[Clinical effectiveness of palpitin in treating heart rhythm disorders in ischemic heart disease patients].

Clinical efficiency of the antiarrhythmic agent palpitin used for the treatment of ventricular and supraventricular extra-systole was assessed in 94 coronary patients, using Holter's ECG monitoring, electrophysiologic studies and rheographic control; reliable evidence in favor of the drug high antiarrhythmic efficiency was obtained.

[Use of sodium nitroprusside in patients with acute myocardial infarct complicated by left ventricular failure].

Fifty-six patients with acute myocardial infarction aggravated by left ventricular insufficiency were examined. A series of 39 patients received the intravenous instillation of sodium nitroprusside, the remaining 17 patients were given conventional treatment. Hemodynamic parameters and those yielded by precordial mapping at 35 leads were compared over time between the groups.