[Significance of the dynamic indices of the electrocardiotopogram in assessing the course of acute myocardial infarct]. / Znachenie dinamiki pokazatelei élektrokardiotopogrammy v otsenke techeniia ostrogo infarkta miokarda.

Electrocardiographic and myocardial pump and contractility parameters were studied, using non-invasive procedures, in 103 patients with acute large-focal anterior myocardial infarction who showed rapid and delayed patterns of ECG change. Rapid changes were associated with favorable course of the disease. In cases of delayed changes associated with severe or medium conditions, central hemodynamic and intracardiac kinetic parameters can supply additional information to support clinical data in the assessment of the patient's condition.

[Effectiveness of the cooperative program of multifactorial prevention of ischemic heart disease (results of the 3-year study)]. / Effektivnost' kooperativnoi programmy mnogofaktornoi profilaktiki ishemicheskoi bolezni serdtsa (rezul'taty 3-letnego nabliudeniia).

The paper provides the results obtained in the course of the cooperative All-Union programme on multifactor prevention of coronary heart disease (CHD), which has been implemented over 3 years to examine the efficiency of preventive actions aimed at correcting the levels of CHD risk factors. The study was conducted in 6 centers of the country among a non-organized male population aged 40-59 years. The outcome of the preventive measures, largely nonpharmacological ones, made during 3 years suggests that the prevalence of the major CHD risk factors may be reduced in the population. The preventive actions are the most beneficial in arterial hypertension and smoking.

[Prevalence of cough as a predictor and symptom of chronic bronchitis among male population of Kharkov]. / Rasprostranennost' kashlia kak prediktora i simptoma khronicheskogo bronkhita sredi muzhskogo naseleniia Khar'kova.

A questionnaire survey using WHO-recommended unified questionnaires was performed in Kharkov to elucidate the role of short-term (less than 3 months yearly) and long-term (greater than 3 months, per 2 years) cough in prediction and diagnosis of chronic bronchitis. Cough prevalence was investigated in 5-year age groups (40-44, 45-49, 50-54, 55-59) and correlated to education level and risk of chronic noninfectious diseases. The study covered a population of 7901 males at the mean age of 49 +/- 2.3 years. A group of active prophylaxis and two reference groups comprised 2001 males from an open population. The trial revealed an increase in cough incidence for smokers, low-educated and aged examinees. It is suggested that social and economic status dependent on educational level may represent a risk of chronic bronchitis not less than occupation, smoking, etc.

[The prevalence of ischemic heart disease and the risk factors for its occurrence in an organized population of a large city]. / Rasprostranennost' ishemicheskoi bolezni serdtsa i faktorov riska ee vozniknoveniia v organizovannoi populiatsii krupnogo goroda.

Using standard epidemiological methods, an organized population of men and women aged 20-59 (20%-representative sample, with the population size being 1,511) was examined. An outline has been done of the epidemiologic situation with respect to risk factors and different forms of IHD in an industrial body of workers, which allowed a contribution to be assessed of hypercholesterinemia, hypertriglyceridemia, hypoalphacholesterinemia, smoking habits, excessive body mass, hypodynamia, to the development of cardiovascular abnormalities.

[The information value of epidemiological research in chronic nonspecific lung diseases]. / Ob informativnosti épidemiologicheskikh issledovanii pri khronicheskikh nespetsificheskikh zabolevaniiakh legkikh.

Results of the study indicate that in several countries there occurred during 1971-1980 a reduction of mortality of the male population at the age of 1-4 years. In those over 65 years of age this index was inconsistent. Results indicate a definite dependence of mortality on age.

[The correction of the trace element composition of the blood plasma in patients with ischemic heart disease by using Eunicap M]. / Korrektsiia mikroélementnogo sostava plazmy krovi bol'nykh ishemicheskoi bolezn'iu serdtsa s pomoshch'iu iunikapa M.

Changes were studied in the blood plasma content of trace elements (iron, zinc, manganese, copper and zinc) before and after a 20-day course of treatment in patients with IHD, stable angina, who were given, apart from antianginal therapy, eunicap M having in its composition trace elements (iron, manganese, cuprum, and other trace elements). It has been ascertained that IHD is accompanied by changes in the blood plasma content of trace elements. Combination of eunicap M with antianginal therapy promotes the tendency toward normalization of iron and cuprum metabolism; there was no significant change in the content of zinc and manganese, which fact may be related to a deficient content of manganese in the given drug preparation or a greater demand for them in patients with atherosclerosis.