[Evaluation of reserve potentials of the heart in diseases of the abdominal aorta in middle aged and elderly patients]. / Otsenka rezervnykh vozmozhnostei serdtsa pri zabolevaniiakh briushnoi chasti aorty u bol'nykh pozhilogo i starcheskogo vozrasta.

By the method of radionuclide ventriculography on the nuclear stethoscope, 106 patients at the age of 60-84 years with occlusive lesions (64) and abdominal aortic aneurysm (42) were examined. After preoperative therapy, 48 patients underwent resection of the abdominal aortic aneurysm with grafting, 41--aortofemoral shunting. Three (7.5%) patients developed myocardial infarction after the operation, one patient died.