Lipoprotein parameters in relation to other risk factors of atherosclerosis in adults and newborns: Tallinn Young Family Study.

A cohort of young families from Tallinn was studied for coronary risk factors. In sera from 239 adults and cord blood from 138 of their newborns, TC, HDL-C, LDL-C, TG, Lp(a) and apo-B levels were determined, and body mass index (BMI) and lifestyle factors were registered. In newborns, characteristics of maturity were assessed by Dubowitz and Apgar scores after birth.

Echocardiographic assessment of the different left ventricular geometric patterns in middle-aged men and women in Tallinn.

The aim of this study was to determine the association of left ventricular (LV) geometry with sex, age, arterial hypertension and obesity in Tallinn. In a framework of a population study for cardiovascular risk factors, echocardiography was carried out in 325 men and 398 women (69.3% of all 1043 participants aged 35-59) in 1999-2001.

Blood pressure and contributing factors in inhabitants of Estonia: 15-year trends.

Aim: To study the 15-year trends of blood pressure (BP) values in inhabitants of Estonia, three independent random samples of the population of Tallinn aged 20-54 years were examined in 1984/86, 1992/94 and in 1999/2001.

Results: A substantial decrease in BP values was observed in the population of Tallinn by the early 1990s; it continued to a smaller extent during the late 1990s. An improvement in some factors contributing to the development of arterial hypertension: decrease in body mass index (BMI) mean values and positive dietary changes were observed during this period.

QT dispersion in relation to left ventricular geometry and hypertension in a population study.

Objective: To study the relationship between QT interval dispersion, arterial hypertension and different left ventricular geometric patterns in the framework of a population study.

Design: A random sample of the population of Tallinn, 717 men and women aged 35-59, underwent standard 12-lead ECG at rest and echocardiography. Corrected QT dispersion was considered as prolonged when the duration was > or =70 ms.

Arterial hypertension, left ventricular geometry and QT dispersion in a middle-aged Estonian female population.

The aim of the present study was to determine the prevalence of Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) and different left ventricular (LV) geometric patterns in the middle-aged women population of Tallinn, to assess the relationship between LV geometry, age, blood pressure and LV repolarization duration and inhomogeneity. A random sample of the population, 482 women aged 35-59, was examined in the framework of a cardiovascular risk factors survey for the WHO/CINDI programme years 1999-2000. Patients with valvular pathology, primary cardiomyopathy, atrial fibrillation, bundle branch blocks and flat T wave on electrocardiography (ECG) were excluded; 398 (82.

Some biological cardiovascular risk factors and diet in samples of the male population of Tallinn, Estonia in 1984/1985 and 1992/1993.

Background: The role of diet in the development of atherosclerosis and coronary heart disease is well known from animal, clinical and epidemiological studies; the influence of dietary factors is realized through their impact on body mass, lipids and blood pressure. The aim of this investigation was to study the levels of some biological risk factors: blood pressure, total cholesterol, triglycerides and body mass, as well as nutrition, in the male population of Tallinn, the capital of Estonia, in 1984/1985 and 1992/1993 (the transition period).

Methods: Two independent random samples of the male population of Tallinn, aged 30 to 54, were examined in 1984/1985 (1,890 men) and in 1992/1993 (752 men).

Nutritional assessment of elderly people in nursing house and at home in Tallinn.

In Merivälja nursing house, the actual nutrition in 2000 (by menus in 10 days intervals in January and April) of 105 elderly was calculated (with the local ANKE-PC-program) and compared with the nutrition data of the same nursing house in 1978 and of the home-living retired elderly people in 1995. Nutritional status has been estimated by Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA) and Body Mass Index (BMI) in 51 elderly (aged 51-97 years) at the nursing house and in 150 elderly (aged 58-86 years) living at home in Tallinn. Over 20 years interval there was only a modest improvement in nutrition (P/C ratio had achieved 0.

Lipoprotein(a), apolipoprotein A-I and B serum levels in young families from Tallinn, Estonia. Relationships with other cardiovascular risk factors and nationality.

Serum lipid, lipoprotein(a) (Lp(a)), apolipoprotein (apo) A-I and B concentrations were studied in young families of Tallinn: 157 husbands, 81 wives and 149 newborns participated in the study; 48% of subjects were Estonians, 39% Russians and 13% other nationalities. As previous studies among middle-aged men and school children of Estonia revealed clear national differences in serum lipoprotein profiles, our special interest was to study lipoprotein parameters in relation to ethnic origin. Body mass index (BMI), blood pressure (BP) and smoking habits were determined.

Antiarrhythmic efficacy of ethacizine assessed by programmed electrical stimulation in patients with ventricular tachycardia.

The efficacy of ethacizine, a Class Ic drug, was assessed by programmed electrical stimulation (PES), delivering single, double, and triple extrastimuli at paced drives of 100 and 140 beats/min from two right ventricular sites (apex and outflow tract) in 38 patients with recurrent sustained ventricular tachycardia (VT). Underlying disease was coronary artery disease (CAD) in 26 (group I) and other conditions in 12 patients (group II; hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in 7, mitral valve prolapse in 1, and no apparent heart disease in 4). In the baseline study VT was induced in all patients.