Longitudinal Trends in Severe Dyslipidemia in the Czech Population: The Czech MONICA and Czech Post-MONICA Study.

Severe hypercholesterolemia is associated with an increase in the risk of developing atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. The aim of this analysis was to assess longitudinal trends in severe dyslipidemia (defined as total cholesterol > 8 mmol/L or LDL-cholesterol > 5 mmol/L) in a representative population sample of the Czech Republic and to analyze the longitudinal trends in the basic characteristics of individuals with severe dyslipidemia. Seven independent cross-sectional surveys were organized in the Czech Republic to screen for major cardiovascular risk factors (from 1985 to 2015-2018).

VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM - PECULIARITIES OF COURSE IN EMERGENCY SURGERY DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC.

Objective: The aim: To perform a comparative analysis of VTE in patients with acute surgical abdominal pathology before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Patients And Methods: Materials and methods: Retrospective study covered 53062 patients operated in the surgical clinic (Lviv city emergency hospital) in 2000-2019. Prospective analysis was based on the results of treatment of 546 patients operated at the same surgical clinic from April 2020 (1st surgical patient with COVID-19) till December 2021.

Sex differences in hypertension. Do we need a sex-specific guideline?

Hypertension is the most prevalent cardiovascular disorder and the leading cause of death worldwide in both sexes. The prevalence of hypertension is lower in premenopausal women than in men of the same age, but sharply increases after the menopause, resulting in higher rates in women aged 65 and older. Awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension are better in women.

Deviations of patients with drug addiction value and meaning sphere functioning.

Objective: The aim of this article is to study empirically drug addicts value-meaning sphere disorders.

Patients And Methods: Materials and methods: To study the drug addicts value-meaning sphere disorders indicators, Schwarz's «Value Questionnaire» and a structured interview of the respondents, aimed at studying the specifics of their meaning constructs, was used.

Results: Results: Meaning structure disorders are analyzed on the basis of the constructs and images of fixed imagination, which are used by drug addicts to describe the role of the addictive agent in their life, description.

Minimally invasive and traditional operative techniques in surgical treatment of acute complicated pancreatitis.

Objective: Introduction: The issue of surgical treatment of acute pancreatitis, in particular the choice of operative technique, is becoming increasingly relevant. The aim: To work out surgical approach in patients with acute complicated pancreatitis (ACP) using minimally invasive and traditional operative techniques.

Patients And Methods: Materials and methods: 170 patients underwent surgery for ACP.

Cholesterol-Based Grafted Polymer Brushes as Alignment Coating with Temperature-Tuned Anchoring for Nematic Liquid Crystals.

Novel alignment coating with temperature-tuned anchoring for nematic liquid crystals (NLCs) was successfully fabricated in three step process, involving polymerization of poly(cholesteryl methacrylate) (PChMa) from oligoproxide grafted to the glass surface premodified with 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane. Molecular composition, thickness, wettability of the PChMa coating and its alignment action for a NLC were examined with time of flight-secondary ion mass spectrometry, ellipsometry, contact angle measurements, polarization optical microscopy and commercially produced PolScope technique allowing for mapping of the optic axis and optical retardance within the microscope field view. We find that the PChMa coating provides a specific monotonous increase (decrease) in the tilt angle of the NLC director with respect to the substrates normal upon heating (cooling) referred to as anchoring tuning.