[Effectiveness of infrared-terahertz radiation with acupuncture in the initial period of ischemic stroke].

Effectiveness of infrared-terahertz radiation with acupuncture in the initial period of ischemic stroke. This article presents the data of observational retrospective clinical investigation aiming at generalization of the experience of usage of infrared terahertz radiation combined with acupuncture for treatment of the patients in the initial period of ischemic stroke. The experimental group contained 30 patients which had various clinical problems at the initial period of hospitalization.

[Distance methods of cardiologic monitoring in diagnostics of high loading effects on organism of sportsman and cosmonaut].

Increase of cardiovascular tension is a common thing for professional athletic training. Cardiovascular pathologies can be prevented by permanent physiological monitoring using, among others, the methods of cardiologic monitoring so far available in stationary diagnostic centers. On-line remote diagnostics during training is potent to enhance effectiveness and efficiency of sporting people's health management.

[The study of circulating endothelial precursor cells in patients with chronic heart failure].

We examined 41 patients with ischemic heart disease (n=26) and dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) (n=15). Control group comprised 15 practically healthy subjects. We found no substantial differences in the presence of CD34+CD133- and CD34+CD133-VEGFR-2+ cells in peripheral blood of patients with chronic heart failure (CHF) but noted lowering of level of CD34-CD133+VEGFR-2+ cells mainly in DCM group.

[Effect of therapy with rosuvastatin on circulating endothelial progenitor cells in patients with chronic heart failure].

We assessed effect of therapy with HMG--CoA reductase inhibitor rosuvastatin on the number of circulating hemopoietic stem CD34+, CD133+ cells in peripheral blood of patients with systolic left ventricular dysfunction of ischemic genesis. Number of circulating hemopoietic stem CD34+, CD133+ cells in patients with chronic heart failure did not differ from their number in control group, however we revealed tendency to increase of number of endothelial CD34+, CD133+, VEGFR-2+ progenitor cells. We confirmed presence of relationship between quantity of circulating stem and progenitor cells and traditional risk factors of cardiovascular events: age, excessive body mass, arterial hypertension, and intima media thickness of common carotid arteries.

[High-resolution ECG in assessment of myocardial functional state in patients with ischemic heart disease and resultant cardiac dilatation].

High resolution signal-averaged ECG (SAECG), echocardiography and 24-hour Holter ECG monitoring were used in the study of 30 patients (mean age 56-/+2 years) with coronary heart disease and stable class II-IV angina (group 1) and 66 patients (mean age 45-/+1 years) with dilated cardiomyopathy of ischemic origin (group II). SAECG was used for detection of late ventricular potentials and calculation of time-voltage and velocity parameters of P-waves. Disturbances of myocardial de- and repolarization indicative of pronounced hemodynamic left atrial overload associated with elevated left ventricular end diastolic pressure were revealed.