[Wall tension or stress in ischemic heart disease].

Introduction: Wall stress or wall tension is a conception derived from physics (Laplace's law) and represents the systolic force or work per surface unit. It is the systolic force made by myocardial tissues. Stress increase indicates enlargement of the left ventricle or increase of intracavitary pressure.

Autopsy material analysis at the Cardiology Clinic in 1999.

Clinico-pathological studies serve as a valuable source of information in everyday practice of most medical institutions. The aim of this study was to correlate the clinical and pathological diagnoses of principal disease and cause of death after autopsy in patients who died during 1999 at the Cardiology Clinic, Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Sremska Kamenica, Yugoslavia. Medical histories and autopsy reports of dead patients were analyzed: 255 (8.

[Electrocardiography and echocardiography in the diagnosis of chronic cor pulmonale].

The study was aimed at evaluating the possibilities of electrocardiography (ECG) and echocardiography in establishing the diagnosis of chronic pulmonary heart disease (CPHD). Sixty patients with a chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and clinical symptoms of cardiac decompensation were observed. The examined patients ranged from 26 to 74 years of age, the mean age being 59.

[Evaluation of ejection fraction and end-diastolic volume using one-dimensional and two-dimensional echocardiography].

A group of 30 healthy persons and 120 coronary patients were investigated by one and two-dimensional echocardiography and digital subtraction angiography. End-diastolic volume and ejection fraction were estimated. Patients with coronary disease had greater volumes than healthy persons and smaller ejection fraction as well.