[The conduit application in surgical treatment of corrected transposition of the main vessels]. / Primenenie konduita pri khirurgicheskom lechenii korrigirovannoi transpozitsii magistral'nykh sosudov.

Experience of surgical treatment of 45 patients with corrected transposition of the main vessels (CTMV) is summarized. Indications and tactic of surgical intervention for CTMV with the pulmonary trunk (PT) stenosis using conduit as a parallel exit from venous ventricle are substantiated. Original construction of autopericardial conduit is adduced. Basing on analysis of results of surgical treatment an optimal type of conduit for treatment of CTMV with the PT stenosis is proposed.

[The role of temperature in the preparation of cardioplegic solution for the heart open surgery]. / Rol' temperatury pri podgotovke kardioplegicheskogo rastvora dlia vypolneniia operatsii na otkrytom serdtse.

There was compared the occurrence frequency of the acute cardiac insufficiency, acute myocardium infarction, acute disorder of cerebral blood circulation, disorders of cardiac rhythm and conduction and other perioperative complications in patients of three groups, operated on using artificial blood circulation, in whom the cardioplegic solution, prepared according to different methods, was used. It is recommended not to permit the crystallization (freezing) of isotonic sodium chloride solution occurrence, used for cardioplegia and for flooding to the pericardium cavity also to cool the heart externally.