[Effect of enalapril, lisinopril, and amlodipine on the course of chronic gastrititis in patients with arterial hypertension].

A hundred and thirty-six patients with mild and moderate arterial hypertension (AH) who had received angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEIs) (enalapril and lisinopril) and the calcium channel blocker amlodipine were examined. The use of the above ACEIs promoted the normalization of proliferative processes in the epithelium of the gastric mucosa (GM) in patients with AH and concomitant chronic gastritis. This effect ofACEIs is not related to an antihypertensive effect since the antihypertensive agent amlodipine fails to exert such an effect on GM.

[Ischemic heart disease and acute cholecystitis in elderly and very old patients].

The effectiveness of treatment of 127 elderly and senile patients suffering from the ischemic heart disease, who underwent the endoscopic interventions for acute cholecystitis, have been analysed. Atraumaticity of endoscopic interventions, individual approach to the choice of a method for treatment of a patient and agreed with a therapeutist preoperative preparation, including prescription of the coronaro-active agents, cardiac glycosides, permitted in the majority of patients to achieve a positive result of treatment.