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Hypertension/psychology , Psychophysiologic Disorders , Stress, Psychological/complications , Adult , Female , Humans , MMPIABSTRACT
Using bicycle ergometry in combination with quantitative and qualitative assessment of ECG changes (in 605 coronary patients), and with direct measurement of oxygen consumption and systemic oxygen supply efficiency (118 coronary patients), a possibility of non-invasive assessment of the severity of coronary arterial affection prior to coronary angiography and the identification of patients with poor prognosis is demonstrated. This assessment lends a more objective foundation to the determination of indications for coronary angiography and prospective aortal-coronary shunting.
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Coronary Angiography , Coronary Artery Bypass , Coronary Disease/physiopathology , Adult , Aged , Coronary Disease/diagnostic imaging , Coronary Disease/surgery , Exercise Test , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Oxygen Consumption , SpirometrySubject(s)
Acupuncture Therapy , Autogenic Training , Hypertension/therapy , Hypnosis , Adult , Blood Pressure , Humans , Hypertension/psychology , MMPI , Male , Psychotherapy/methodsABSTRACT
The spectrum of acid phosphatase isoenzymes was studied by means of disk electrophoresis in polyacrylamide gel. Seven isofractions were detected of this enzyme in blood plasma. In patients with the acute stage of myocardial infarction the amount of isofraction 3 was increased, its electrophoretic mobility was 0.479 +/- 0.059. It is suggested to use the test for acid phosphatase fraction 3 in blood plasma as an auxiliary method in the diagnosis of pathological conditions of the myocardium.
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Acid Phosphatase/blood , Isoenzymes/blood , Myocardial Infarction/diagnosis , Acute Disease , Adult , Aged , Clinical Enzyme Tests , Female , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Reference Values , Time FactorsSubject(s)
Acid Phosphatase/blood , Isoenzymes/blood , Adult , Age Factors , Child , Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel , Female , Humans , MaleABSTRACT
With a view to establishing standardized criteria for the diagnosis of rheumatism suitable for widespread use in polyclinics and in large-scale epidemiological investigations, 3000 adults and children with rheumatism or one of seven similar diseases were subjected to multiple screening in eight centres in the USSR using a specially prepared standard card and standard methods. The information obtained was processed by cybernetic methods. Following determination of the sensitivity, specificity, and informational value of 486 signs of rheumatism, 68 of the most indicative signs were selected as criteria of rheumatism. These were included in the final table and weighted according to their indicational value both individually and in groups as syndromes. Using the table it is possible by simple calculation, without using a computer, to arrive at an objective evaluation of the reliability of the clinical diagnosis of rheumatism in patients with one of a group of eight similar diseases. The final diagnostic table was tested on 562 patients selected epidemiologically or from polyclinics or clinics and was shown to result in a high degree of diagnostic precision (higher than 95%).