[Interrelations between cardiac rhythm disorders and heart enlargement in patients with exertion-induced stenocardia and pain-free forms of ischemic heart disease]. / Izuchenie vzaimosviazi narusnenii serdechnogo ritma s uvelicheniem ob''ema serdtsa u bol'nykh so stenokardiei napriazheniia i bezbolevoi formoi ishemicheskoi bolezni serdtsa.

Data from 24-h ECG monitoring of 137 patients with angina of effort or painless IHD were compared with respective X-ray evidence of heart enlargement. The patients were identified at an epidemiological screening for multifactorial IHD prevention among male residents of Kaunas, aged 40-59 yrs. A correlation was established between the enlargement of the cardiac volume and left compartments and the severity of arrhythmias.

[Interrelation of the psychological characteristics with arrhythmia in patients with stenocardia of effort and the pain-free form of ischemic heart disease]. / Izuchenie vzaimosviazi psikhologicheskikh osobennostei s narusheniiami ritma serdtsa u bol'nykh so stenokardiei napriazheniia i bezbolevoi formoi ishemicheskoi bolezni serdtsa.

The paper is devoted to the examination of 137 patients with angina of effort and CHD painless form detected in the course of a cooperative study of multifactor prevention of myocardial infarction and cerebral stroke among the male population aged 40-59 in the city of Kaunas. It was shown that the attitude to health and change of harmful habits did not differ in the groups of patients with various types of arrhythmias, but, on the whole, the group of patients with angina of effort and CHD painless form was characterized by a more negative self-estimation of their health and a more positive attitude to preventive measures.