[Oxygen barotherapy in the combined treatment of patients with chronic ischemic disease].

As many as 20 patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) were examined for the efficacy of oxygen pressure chamber therapy (OPCT) combined with drugs. Optimal modes of OPCT were elaborated. The treatment consisted of 10-15 daily sessions with the partial oxygen pressure 0.

[Clinico-social aspects of arterial hypertension in the population of the Karelian ASSR].

In accordance to the complex programme of "Region" in February-May 1985 mobile medical teams of the Military Academy of Medicine named after S. M. Kirov conducted a sample screening of inhabitants in 15 regions and 2 cities of the Karelian ASSR.

[Hormonal disorders in borderline arterial hypertension].

Measurements of blood plasma ACTH, hydrocortisone, STH, somatostatin, insulin, glucagon levels and plasma renin activity in 70 patients with borderline hypertension (BAH) and in 20 normal male subjects have revealed increased ACTH, hydrocortisone, and somatostatin levels, elevated plasma renin activity, and reduced STH and insulin levels in the patients. A possible role of the pressor hormone system activation in the pathogenesis of borderline arterial hypertension and in BAH transformation into essential hypertension is discussed.