[The fatty-acid composition of the lipids in the blood serum lipoproteins in chronic liver diseases]. / Zhirno-kislotnyi sostav lipidov v lipoproteinakh syvorotki krovi pri khronicheskikh zabolevaniiakh pecheni.

Higher fatty acids of low- and high-density lipoprotein lipids are analyzed by gas chromatography in patients with chronic diseases of the liver (chronic cholecystitis, cholelithiasis, chronic hepatitis, and cirrhosis of the liver). The results recommend the fatty acid composition of serum lipoprotein lipids as an informative characteristic in evaluation of lipid metabolism disorders in the liver.

[Microcirculatory changes in patients with chronic diseases of the biliary tract]. / Izmeneniia mikrotsirkuliatsii u bol'nykh s khronicheskimi zabolevaniiami zhelchevyvodiashchikh putei.

Condition was studied of the microcirculatory bed in 80 patients with chronic noncalculous cholecystitis and 38 patients with calculous cholecystitis with the aid of biomicroscopy of bulbar conjunctiva and histological examination of removed gallbladders. Changes in microcirculation were characterized by enhancement of arteriole-venous shunting, diminution of the number of the functioning capillaries, appearance of signs of venous congestion, lowering of microvessel reactivity in an acute nitroglycerin test, which fact may suggest their systemic character.

[An analysis of the fatty acid composition of the lipoprotein lipids in patients with chronic hepatitis and liver cirrhosis]. / Analiz zhirnokislotnogo sostava lipidov lipoproteidov u bol'nykh khronicheskim gepatitom i tsirrozom pecheni.

Fatty-acid composition of lipids was studied by gas chromatography techniques as was the level of free cholesterol in high- and low-density lipoproteins in 15 patients with chronic hepatitis and 15 hepatocirrhotic patients. Significant changes in fatty-acid spectrum were recordable suggesting activation of the process of lipid peroxidation. The above changes were at their greatest in patients with hepatocirrhosis.

[Autonomic regulation of the cardiovascular system in patients with chronic cholecystitis and hepatitis]. / Sostoianie vegetativnoi reguliatsii serdechno-sosudistoi sistemy u bol'nykh khronicheskim kholetsistitom i gepatitom.

The authors studied the cardiac rhythm regulation status in 22 patients with chronic noncalculous cholecystitis, 35 patients with chronic calculous cholecystitis and 31 patients with chronic hepatitis. All the patients showed signs of sympathicotonic type of regulation of cardiac rhythm. Upon receiving propranolol (0.04), 67.8% of patients displayed no vegetative regulation, with 3.2% cases demonstrating a paradoxical trend of vegetative reactions.

[The tonus of Oddi's sphincter and gallbladder contractility in patients with chronic cholecystitis]. / Sostoianie tonusa sfinktera Oddi i sokratimost' zhelchnogo puzyria u bol'nykh khronicheskim kholetsistitom.

As many as 163 young male patients with chronic noncalculous cholecystitis were studied for motility of the biliary tract. Normal findings were in 15.9% of cases. Hypocontractility of the gallbladder, hypermyotonia of the Oddi sphincter (with 33.7% and 44.2% respectively), and concurrent presence thereof were the most commonly seen types of dyskinesia. The results obtained suggest that the above abnormalities in motility of the biliary tract may have a part in the origination and/or progression of chronic cholecystitis.

[The pathogenesis of cardiovascular system lesions in patients with chronic acalculous cholecystitis]. / Patogenez porazheniia serdechno-sosudistoi sistemy u bol'nykh khronicheskim beskamennym kholetsistitom.

As many as 42 patients with chronic noncalculous cholecystitis who ranged from 18 to 36 years old were studied for the left ventricular systolic-and-diastolic function and for humoral immunity. Signs of left ventricular diastolic dysfunction were revealed as were increased levels of complement-fixing antibodies to the tissues of the gallbladder and myocardium. It is suggested that one of the pathogenetic mechanisms of the abnormal changes in the cardiac muscle might be immune factors for there is a similarity between antigenic determinants of the gallbladder and myocardium tissues antigen.