[The characteristics of the course of the acute and recovery periods in myocardial infarct in patients who resided in the neighborhood of the Chernobyl Atomic Electric Power Station]. / Osobennosti techeniia ostrogo i vosstanovitel'nogo periodov infarkta miokarda u bol'nykh, nakhodivshikhsia na territorii, priblizhennoi k ChAES.

Results are submitted of a 6-month follow-up of 30 patients with prior myocardial infarction residing in the neighbourhood of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, involving investigations designed to study hemodynamics together with immunologic reactivity. A comparison group was formed of 25 Kievites. Both groups demonstrated alterations of immunologic respectively. A conclusion has been reached that there exists association between the above findings and development of myocardial infarction but no relationship was found with exposure to radiation.

[The structural-functional properties of the thrombocytes in patients with a history of a myocardial infarct]. / Strukturno-funktsional'nye svoistva trombotsitov u bol'nykh, perenesshikh infarkt miokarda.

Functional state and morphological features of platelets were studied in patients with ischemic heart disease 3-24 months following the primary infarction and reinfarction. The studies made pointed to considerable changes in the structure, metabolism and reactivity of platelets. Chronic exposure to irritant factors makes for the depletion and destabilization of blood plates, their adhesive properties and ability to store and catabolize biogenic amines being upset, the destructive changes of glycocalix having a most pronounced impact on the platelet reactivity. The structural and functional disturbances revealed in the thrombocyte homeostasis have been found to correlate with the clinical course of the illness.

[The rehabilitative treatment of patients after a myocardial infarct who reside in an area close to the Chernobyl Atomic Electric Power Station]. / Vosstanovitel'noe lechenie bol'nykh posle infarkta miokarda, nakhodivshikhsia v zone, priblizhennoi k Chernobyl'skoi AES.

Rehabilitation treatment is evaluated in 55 patients (long-term results) with a history of myocardial infarction residing in the Chernobyl atomic station zone. It was established that the course of the disease in persons who participated in liquidation of the Chernobyl disaster was characterized by a more frequent development of reinfarctions as compared with the Kiev population. Patients residing in the zone neighbouring the Chernobyl station developed more frequently cardiac failure. This requires detailed examination of these patients during their return to work.