[The effect of climatic treatment in the central highlands on the lipid, cortisol, renin and aldosterone content of the blood in patients with an acute myocardial infarct]. / Vliianie klimaticheskogo lecheniia v usloviiakh srednegor'ia na soderzhanie lipidov, kortizola, renina i aldosterona krovi u bol'nykh ostrym infarktom miokarda.

124 capable men who had survived large focal myocardial infarction underwent a 24-day course of treatment in a cardiological sanatorium situated in climatic conditions of low mountains (1600 m above the sea level). It was found that posthospital rehabilitation under conditions of low-mountain climate promoted antiatherogenic shifts in blood lipoproteins composition most distinct in patients with hyperlipidemias. Hydrocortisone and renin levels returned to normal values, physical performance rose. These positive trends make nonpharmacological rehabilitation and secondary prevention of coronary heart disease in low-mountain climate promising.

[Effect of high-altitude climate therapy on the adrenal cortex function in patients with bronchial asthma]. / Vliianie vysokogornoi klimatoterapii na funktsiiu kory nad- pochechnikov u bolnykh bronkhial'noi astmoi.

132 bronchial asthma patients living in Frunze (760 m above the sea level) and those on adaptation days 3-5 and 25-30 to the climate of North Tien Shan (3200 m above the sea level) underwent clinical and functional examination involving assessment of ACTH, cortisol and aldosterone levels. The patients showed clinical response and improvement of bronchial permeability associated with a pronounced growth of plasma cortisol levels starting on adaptation days 3-5. By adaptation days 25-30 cortisol levels were still on the increase while ACTH concentration tended to reduction.