[Functional mesenchymal indices in peptic ulcer]. / Nekotorye pokazateli funktsional'nogo sostoianiia mezenkhimy pri iazvennoi bolezni.

Altogether 84 patients with duodenal ulcer were examined for a study of mesenchyma function. The blood level of oxyproline, the system of histamine-histaminase-histaminopexic index, and the level of serotonin before and after treatment were studied. The level of IgG, A, M and the amount of T- and B-lymphocytes were defined for assessment of the immune system. The basal level of oxyproline in patients with peptic ulcer was lowered and returned almost to normal after treatment. These changes as well as changes of biogenic amines and immune system indicate the presence of shifts in the collagen system in peptic ulcer.

[Psychological profile of patients with ischemic heart disease and its association with various exogenous risk factors]. / O psikhologicheskom profile bol'nykh ishemicheskoi bolezn'iu serdtsa i ego sviazi s nokotorymi ekzogennymi faktorami riska.

Males with coronary heart disease (CHD) aged 35 to 60 years were studied. The patients were divided into three groups: 32 patients with angina of effort and at rest (test group I), 39 survivors of myocardial infarction (test group II) and 50 clinically healthy people (control group). The relationship was established between a certain behavioural complex of CHD patients and some exogenic risk factors. The study was aimed at elucidating the premorbid characteristics of the personality of CHD patients. Individuals with the variable type of orientation were predominant in both test groups. The data from Eisenk's questionnaire revealed the predominance of extraverts in group I and introverts in group II. It is suggested that the variable character may prove to be the premorbid, basic property of the personality determining the specific mechanism of psychologic adaptation and the entire complex of behavioural characteristics of CHD patients.