[The X-ray characteristics of the status of the heart and vessels in patients with arterial hypertension exacerbated by a myocardial infarct]. / Rentgenologicheskaia kharakteristika sostoianiia serdtsa i sosudov u bol'nykh arterial'noi gipertoniei, otiagoshchennoi infarktom miokarda.

ABSTRACT

This study assessed the diagnostic value of X-ray characteristics of the heart and pulmonary circulation in CHD patients with aggravated arterial hypertension in three age groups (22-40, 41-59, and 60 years or older). The study covered 246 patients with acute myocardial infarction (140 hypertensives and 106 normotensives) and 182 with postinfarct cardiosclerosis (88 patients with arterial hypertension and 94 without this condition). All the patients underwent teleradiography, 12-lead EGG, echocardiography, and coronary ventriculography. While comparing the two study groups, the X-ray criteria show deteriorated left and right cardiac functions and altered aorta due to both its atherosclerotic changes and lower left ventricular contractility.