[Effect of adrenergic beta blockers on hemodynamics, diastolic relaxation and distensibility of left-ventricular myocardium in patients with ischemic heart disease]. / Vliianie adrenoblokatorov na gemodinamiku, diastolicheskoe rasslablenie i rastiazhimost' miokarda levogo zheludochka u bol'nykh ishemicheskoi bolezn'iu serdtsa.

Altogether 32 patients were investigated by catheterization of the left ventricular cavity with volume loading of 76% solution of verographin++ administered at 0.65 ml per kg body mass. beta-blockade with preliminary i.v. administration of 5 mg obsidan or 10 mg cordanum was shown to improve myocardial diastolic function as a result of improved myocardial distensibility in CHD patients.

[Effect of endobronchial laser therapy on the local protection system of the lungs in patients with protracted pneumonia]. / Vliianie éndobronkhial'noi lazernoi terapii na sistemu mestnoi zashchity legkikh u bol'nykh zatiazhnoi pnevmoniei.

A study of the local pulmonary defense system in 64 patients with protracted pneumonia revealed that endobronchial low-energy laser therapy promoted activation of local defense of the lungs, increased the functional capacity of alveolar macrophages and neutrophils, lysozyme synthesis and improved rheological properties of bronchial secretion.

[Immune system function and lipid peroxidation processes in protracted forms of pneumonia]. / Sostoianie immunnoi sistemy i protsessy perekisnogo okisleniia lipidov pri zatiazhnykh formakh pnevmonii.

The authors studied the characteristic features of cellular and humoral immunity as well as the intensity of free-radical lipid peroxidation in 74 patients with acute and protracted course of acute pneumonia. A close relationship was established between immune disorders at the level of the regulatory link and the activity of peroxidation of lipids during transformation of acute pneumonia into protracted. It is shown that the content of products of lipid peroxidation in erythrocytes during the first days of the disease may be a well-informative criterion reflecting the character of course of the inflammatory process in the lungs and adequate immune response. This may be used for the prognosis of protracted forms of pneumonia.