Early and late results of coronary bypass surgery. Evolution and the influence of cardioplegia.

Comparison of 1085 patients having coronary bypass surgery without cardioplegia from Jan. 1970 to Aug. 8, 1977 with 1060 patients operated upon with cardioplegia from Aug.

Epidemiology and prevention of ischaemic heart disease in automobile industry workers.

Following on the epidemiological study of cardiovascular diseases carried out in the rural population of Northern Bohemia in 1970 a long-term ischaemic heart disease prevention programme was launched in a group of 2582 men aged between 30-59 years, worked of two automobile plants in the district of Mladá Boleslav. Under der programme "Protected Your Heart", sponsored by the Automobile Works National Enterprise (AZNP), workers were urged to adjust their food intake in keeping with the principles of rational nutrition, to stop smoking and to take regular after-work cross-country 4 km/1 hr walks. No such programme was carried out at the automobile plant LIAZ serving as control.

Incidence of ischaemic heart disease and prognostic importance of risk factors in agricultural and industrial populations.

A longitudinal epidemiological study of ischaemic heart disease (IHD) in men aged 40-59 years showed that the five-year incidence of the manifest form was 7.8% in agricultural workers and 9.7% in industrial employees.