[Simultaneous surgery for upper gastrointestinal cancer and cardiovascular diseases]. / Simul'tannye operatsii pri rake zheludka, pishchevoda i serdechno-sosudistykh zabolevaniyakh.

OBJECTIVE: To analyze the immediate and long-term results of simultaneous surgical treatment in patients with upper gastrointestinal cancer and cardiovascular diseases. MATERIAL AND METHODS: There were 9 patients with upper gastrointestinal cancer and cardiovascular diseases who underwent simultaneous surgical treatment. We assessed safety and efficacy of this approach. Mean age of patients was 65.7±5.7 years. Coronary artery disease was diagnosed in 3 patients, aortic valve disease - 1 patient, abdominal aortic aneurysm - 2; 4 patients suffered from isolated mitral valve disease, stenosis of the left vertebral artery, internal and external carotid arteries and Leriche syndrome. RESULTS: Considering immediate and long-term postoperative results, we can emphasize advisability of simultaneous surgeries in appropriate patients.

[Surgical treatment of pulmonary trunk malignancy]. / Khirurgicheskoe lechenie zlokachestvennoi opukholi legochnogo stvola.

Surgical treatment of a patient with primary sarcoma of pulmonary trunk is presented in the article. This rare disease is characterized by poor prognosis if early diagnosis and adequate surgical treatment are absent.