[Scintigraphic evaluation of cerebral circulation in prognosis of cerebrovascular complications of coronary artery bypass grafting].

The aim of the work was to study the possibility of using single-photon emission computed tomography (OECT) of brain using 99m Tc-hexamethyl propylene aminoxime for the evaluation of long-term prognosis of the development of neurocognitive deficit after coronary artery bypass grafting (CBG) and elucidation of relationship between variations of cognitive function and regional cerebral circulation. Surgical myocardial revascularization under artificial circulation was performed in 22 patients with CHD. All of them were examined for the assessment of neurologic and neuropsychological status, and OECT data before, 14 days and 6 months after CBg. Early cognitive deficit developed in 96% of the patients and persisted for 6 months in 55%. Cognitive dysfunction was manifest as post-operative impairment of short- and long-term memory, and general efficiency of remembering. Visual memory and psychomotor speed also deteriorated. Cerebral circulation decreased in frontal and parietal lobes of the right hemisphere. Deterioration of long-term memory 6 months postoperatively correlated with the early circulation decrease of in the right and left temporal lobes.

Scintigraphic evaluation of myocardial and cerebral blood flow in patients with a history of coronary artery bypass grafting.

This paper deals with a comparative scintigraphic evaluation of the changes that occur in coronary and cerebral circulation in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) under conditions of cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) or beating heart. Twenty-nine CAD patients who underwent CPB were examined. Of these, 14 patients were operated on using CPB (the first group) and 15 patients on the beating heart using the myocardial "stabilizer" Octopus (the 2nd group). The patient groups matched in terms of the age, sex, the clinical and angiographic factors. Perfusion scintigraphy of the heart and brain by means of single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) and the neurologic evaluation were performed twice in all the patients: before and 2-4 weeks after CABG. The second group patients demonstrated a significant lowering of the mean magnitude of stable defects (SD) of myocardial perfusion. The lowering or disappearance of SD was observed in a greater percentage of cases versus the first group. All the patients were found to have areas of hypokinesis in the SD projection. Also, the second group showed a significant rise of the mean magnitude of left ventricle ejection fraction. Operations with CPB were associated with a 5% decrease of cerebral blood flow in the frontal and temporal lobes of the right hemisphere. No significant deterioration of brain perfusion was observed in patients (on the whole in the group) operated on without heart arrest. It is noteworthy that there was a significant improvement of the average group indicators of cerebral perfusion in the right occipital and posterior segments of the temporal lobes. The changes in cerebral perfusion were in agreement with the course of changes in the cognitive status. Thus, CABG on the resting heart in CAD patients favours a more remarkable restoration of perfusion and contractility of the hibernated myocardium versus revascularization performed under CPB and exerts, as a result, a beneficial effect on cerebral circulation and the neuropsychological status of the patients.

Central hemodynamic and cognitive function in the short- and long-term periods after coronary bypass grafting.

The aim of the present work was to study cerebral hemodynamics and cognitive function in patients suffering from coronary artery disease (CAD) in the short- and long-term periods after coronary bypass grafting (CBG). The study accrued 65 patients who underwent myocardial revascularization using cardiopulmonary bypass (43 persons) and without heart interruption (22 persons). In 21 cases, CBG using cardiopulmonary bypass with a purpose of preventing cerebral events was supplemented by administration of instenon manufactured by the Nycomed Company, Perfusion tomoscintigraphy of the brain and neuropsychological testing were provided to all the patients prior to CBG, 14 days and 6 months following surgery. CBG coupled with preventive administration of instenon or beating heart operation allow to appreciably minimize the risk of disorders of cerebral hemodynamics and cognitive function in the long-term postoperative period.

[Cognitive dysfunction and brain perfusion in patients with arterial hypertension: possibilities of pharmacological therapy].

The study included 31 patients with essential hypertension. Twenty-four hours blood pressure monitoring, assessment of neurological status and cognitive functions as well as single photon emission tomography were performed at baseline and three months after treatment. The beta-blocker therapy during 3 months exerted a positive effect on the brain perfusion that resulted in the improvement of cognitive function - verbal and visual memory, attention, psychomotor speed, thinking and visuoconstruction.

[Liver function in patients with aspirin-induced bronchial asthma]. / Funktsionalnoe sostoianie pecheni u bolnykh aspirinovoi bronkhialnoi astmoi.

Biochemical and immunological studies were performed to study hepatic function in 137 patients, out of whom 74 were found to have aspirin-induced bronchial asthma, 23 atopic bronchial asthma, 23 infectious allergic bronchial asthma, 17 chronic persistent hepatitis. Cholestatic and hepatodepressive syndromes and hepatic detoxifying and absorptive-excretory dysfunctions were detected in patients with aspirin-induced bronchial asthma. As aspirin-induced bronchial asthma progresses, the rate of hepatobiliary dysfunctions increases, which undoubtedly plays a prominent role in the development of the disease.

[Pharmacological prevention of cerebrovascular complications in cardiac patients after coronary artery bypass surgery]. / Medikamentoznaia profilaktika tserebrovasculiarnykh oslozhnenii u bol'nykh ishemicheskoi bolezn'iu serdtsa posle aortokoronarnogo shuntirovaniia.

The aim of the study was to evaluate cognitive functions and cerebral perfusion in cardiac patients following coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) and to investigate a potential of pharmacological prevention of neurocognitive deficit and cerebral perfusion disorders. Forty patients undergone CABG with cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) were included in the study. For prevention of cerebral perfusion impairments and cognitive deficit, instenon ("Nycomed") was administered to 18 of the patients. The results revealed that the use of instenon allowed reducing a negative effect of CABG with CPB on neuropsychological state of the patients, thus preventing cerebral perfusion disturbances during surgery intervention.