[MODERN VIEWS OF MITRAL INSUFFICIENCY OF ISCHEMIC ORIGIN].

Recent data on the prevalence, mechanisms of development, clinical course, and methods of treatment of mitral insufficiency of ischemic origin are presented.

[Successful correction of congenital heart defects: multiple defects and atrial septal aneurysm].

A case of congenital cardiac disorder with multiple defects in the secondary interventricular septum and atrial septum aneurysm in a young serviceman is reported. Plastic surgery of the atrial septum with a good clinical outcome included closure of the defect with a flap harvested from the autopericardium under conditions of artificial blood circulation and warm blood cardioplegia.