INFLUENCE OF LEFT VENTRICULAR DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION AND HEART DYSSYNCHRONY ON THE COURSE OF ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION WITH COMORBID PATHOLOGY.

The aim of the study is determination of the role of left ventricular dysfunction and heart dyssynchrony in the disease's course and prognosis in patients with arterial hypertension and diabetes mellitus type 2 (DM2T) and obesity. A retrospective analysis of clinical and special exam results was carried out in different groups: 1st group (n = 49), is characterized by worsening course (WC) of the disease, that was estimated 6 months after the beginning of the study; 2nd group (n = 86) without worsening of disease's course. The criterion of worsening course in patients was exaggeration of target-organ damage.

[MODERN MEANS FOR THE TREATMENT OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION IN DIABETIC PATIENTS].

The authors discuss modern approaches to the treatment of atrial fibrillation with reference to diabetic patients. The studies carried out thus far showed the importance of differential anti-arrhythmic therapy taking account of the clinical form of ciliary arrhythmia. The possibility of surgical and preventive treatment (up-stream therapy) is demonstrated.