[The dynamics of physical work capacity among ageing truck drivers].

The studies of biological age, ageing rate, physical work capacity in professional lorry drivers were conducted. The examination revealed peculiarities of system organization of functions, which determine the physical work capacity levels. Dynamics of the ageing process of professional driver's organism in relation with calendar age and driving experience were shown using the biological age on physical work capacity model. The results point at the premature decrease of the physical work capacity in professional drivers. There was revealed premature contraction of the range of cardio-vascular system adaptive reactions on submaximum physical load in the drivers as compared with control group. It was proved, that premature age-related changes of physiologic indices in drivers are just "risk indicators", while long driving experience is a real risk factor, accelerating the ageing process. The "risk group" with manifestations of accelerating ageing was observed in 40-49-year old drivers with 15-19 years of professional experience. There was demonstrated the expediency of using the following methods for the age rate estimation according to biologic age indices and necessity of prophylactic measures for premature and accelerated ageing prevention among working population.

[The influence of primary coronary balloon angioplasty on the systolic function of the left ventricle in patients with acute heart failure and myocardium infarction with low Q wave].

The investigation included 56 patients with MI of lower localization and acute left ventricle failure (ALVF). Group A included 33 patients with primary coronary balloon angioplasty (PCBAP), in group B there were 23 patients with MI and ALVF without revascularization. Group A was divided into 2 subgroups--A1 (patients with history of IM) and A2 (patients without previous MI). On the first and on the 14th days echocardiographic investigation was performed in all the patients. Ejection fraction (EF) of the LV in dynamics by the 14th day of the disease increased in group A from 32.8 +/- 1.8% to 36.1 +/- 1.6% (p < 0.05) at the expense of subgroup A2 (32.1 +/- 2.6% on the first day and 37.5% +/- 1.9 on the 14th day, p < 0.05), while in subgroup A1 there were no substantial changes of EF. In group B, on the contrary, there was decreased EF of the LV. Most of the group A patients had many injuries of the coronary bed vessels. After PCBAP of the right coronary artery (RCA) the increase of EF was followed by an improvement of the local contractility of the LV myocardium not only in the infarction zone, but also in the segments with ischemic dysfunction in which blood flows from the infarction-independent artery with its collateral filling from RCA.

[Telomere length of cord blood cells chromosomes as additional quality characteristic of sample for transplantation].

Telomeres are the ends of the chromosomes and represent repeated DNA sequence and protein complex. Telomeres shorten with each cell division, which limits proliferative potential of cells. There is a great progress in clinical application of telomere length now. Additional characteristic of stem cell proliferation activity estimated by telomere length can be an informative indicator of transplant quality. In this work, we analyzed 14 cord blood samples by flow-FISH, ELISA and gematologycal analisator, and also the number of CD34 + CD45dim cells. Average telomere length of leukocytes fraction CB cells was 20.4-4.9 % respectively the control cells 1301 (T-cell lymphoblastic leukemia).