[Mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists in the treatment of patients with heart failure after myocardial infarction and those with chronic heart failure].

The mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists spironolactone and eplerenone have become part of standard medical therapy for heart failure (HF). Randomized clinical trials have shown the clinical efficacy of spironolactone and eplerenone, which lead to lower death rates in patients with systolic HF. Whether these two drugs are equivalent and able to exert a positive effect in patients with clinical HF, including chronic HF with retained left ventricular systolic function remains to be answered.

[Nonpharmacological methods of prevention of thromboembolic complications in patients with atrial fibrillation].

We present in this review modern methods of prevention of thromboembolic complications in patients with atrial fibrillation and give comparative description of evidence base, efficacy and safety of available techniques.