[The immediate effectiveness of rehabilitative treatment and secondary prevention in ischemic heart disease patients at Palanga health resort]. / Neposredstvennaia éffektivnost' vosstanovitel'nogo lecheniia i vtorichnoi profilaktiki u bol'nykh ishemicheskoi bolezn'iu serdtsa na kurorte Palanga.

The effectiveness of rehabilitation and secondary prevention was analysed in 1761 coronary patients treated at Palanga health resort. Rehabilitation measures were prescribed to patients on the basis of their functional state (FS), sets of cardiovascular and nervous symptoms and stress tolerance tests. The improvement of FS was observed in 74.8% of patients, while 3.1% and 19.2% of patients displayed impairment or no changes, respectively. The sets of symptoms, related to angina pectoris, stress tolerance, myocardial impairment and central nervous function, underwent the greatest variation throughout the rehabilitation treatment. Negative FS dynamics were determined by unfavorable sets of symptoms (apparent myocardial impairment, heart failure and dysrhythmias).

[Method of quantitative evaluation of functional status and its dynamics among patients with ischemic heart disease during treatment at the Palanga health resort]. / Metodika kolichestvennoi otsenki funktsional'nogo sostoianiia i ego dinamiki u bol'nykh ishemicheskoi bolezn'iu serdtsa v protsesse lecheniia na kurorte Palanga.

The evaluation of functional status of coronary patients has been made by means of a computerized numerical scoring system, using the results of clinical examination, functional cardiovascular and cerebrovascular tests, and psychosocial tests. The effectiveness of rehabilitation and secondary preventive programs for coronary patients treated at a health resort are rated on the basis of a difference between their functional status at the starting and finishing points of the program, as well as the resulting functional status after the program is over.

[Recording the bundle of His potential from the chest surface]. / Registratsiia potentsiala puchka Gisa s poverkhnosti grudnoi kletki.

An attempt was made to record the bundle of His potential from the chest surface in 38 persons by means of definite filtration, intensification, and averaging of the ECG. Three electrode leads were used for each person examined: transthoracic, horizontal, and on the longitudinal heart axis. In 34 persons (89%) the potential was recorded in the P--Q interval, its width and distance from the QRS complex corresponded to the parameters of the bundle of His potential. The potential was recorded most frequently in the transthoracic lead (50%).