[Dispensary care organization and the methods of preventing recurrences of infectious, allergic myocarditis]. / Organizatsiia dispanserizatsii i metody profilaktiki retsidivov u bol'nykh infektsionno-allergicheskim miokarditom.

The high prevalence of nonrheumatic inflammatory diseases of the myocardium and their tendency to recur under the effect of exacerbation of a focal infection and respiratory diseases necessitate the organization of regular comprehensive medical examination of this category of patients and the prevention of recurrences. Preventive methods depending on the form and variant of the disease and on the presence or absence of foci of chronic infection are discussed. A follow-up of these patients showed that the conduction of preventive measures reduced considerably recurrences of the disease and the period during which the patients were incapable of working.

[Experience with treating nonrheumatic myocarditis patients]. / Opyt lecheniia bol'nykh nerevmaticheskim miokarditom.

A combined treatment and long-term follow-up of 100 patients with nonrheumatic myocarditis are reported. The assessment of clinical symptoms, ECG, PCG and X-ray findings indicated a tendency to relapses of myocardial pathologic process, cardiosclerotic developments and prolonged compromise of the patient's working capacity. It is concluded that the conventional treatment for myocarditis is not adequate, and further profound research of the disease's pathogenesis is needed.