Implantation of Embryonic Cardiomyocytes in a Post-Infarction Myocardium: A Long-Term Outcome after 25 Years of Follow-Up.

In this article, we report the first case of embryonic cardiomyocyte implantation in a patient with severe ischemic heart lesions. In 1998, a 58-year-old male underwent coronary artery bypass grafting supplemented by injection of a pre-prepared suspension of human embryonic cardiomyocytes. During the next 24 years, the patient felt well and reported quite satisfactory quality of life.

[Glycocalyx as a determining factor in development of endothelial venous dysfunction and possibilities of correction thereof].

Modern vascular surgery has the data on a substantial role of the endothelium in pathogenesis of vascular diseases. Endothelial dysfunction is associated with a wide range of pathological processes including those in chronic diseases of lower-limb veins. The discovery of the endothelial glycocalyx made it possible to evaluate its role in the development of endothelial dysfunction as a trigger mechanism in impairment of venous blood flow.

[Efficacy and safety of micronized purified flavonoid fraction (MPFF) in treatment of venous diseases in geriatric patients].

Analysed herein is the experience with micronized purified flavonoid fraction (MPFF) in treatment of geriatric patients with decompensated forms of chronic venous diseases. A total of 218 geriatric patients were examined and treated. Of these, 132 patients had trophic disorders (C4-C6 class), including 40 patients found to have venous trophic ulcers (VTU).

[Current aspects of endothelial protection in treatment of patients with chronic venous insufficiency at the stage of trophic disorders].

The authors analysed the results of comprehensive examination and treatment of a total of 40 patients presenting with lower limb chronic venous insufficiency at the stage of trophic disorders (class C6), including 28 (70%) patients with varicose disease of lower extremities and 12 (30%) patients with post-thrombotic disease. Studying the microcirculatory blood flow by means of laser Doppler flowmetry showed a statistically significant (p<0.05) baseline decrease in the index of microcirculation in patients (12.

[Phlebotrophic therapy with venarus in patients suffering from lower limb chronic venous insufficiency].

The article deals with medicamentous therapy of lower limb chronic venous insufficiency (LLCVI). The authors analysed herein the results of treating patients suffering from LLCVI using Venarus whose basic components are diosmin and hesperidin. The obtained findings demonstrated that clinical administration of this phlebotonic agent is effective in the given cohort of patients during the whole therapeutic course, with a maximum positive effect observed within the first 4 weeks.