Subclinical Aortic Root Pathology in Close Relatives of Patients with Bicuspid Aortic Valve

Y. Ivaniv, N. Lozynska, I. Ivaniv Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University Introduction. Bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) is a widespread structural anomaly of the heart that occurs at a frequency of 0.9-1.5% in the general population. As usual, this feature of the structure of the valve is combined with the expansion of the ascending part Read More …

Peculiarities of the Hypertension Clinical Course Depending on Tonus of the Vegetative Nervous System

O. Radchenko, L. Pylypiv Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University Introduction. Arterial hypertension (AH) is one of the most urgent medical and social problems of the present time due to the considerable prevalence, high risk of complications, and lack of treatment efficacy. Assessing the status of the autonomic nervous system (ANS) is one of the Read More …

Characteristics of the Epidemiological Situation in Patients with Tuberculosis of Various Age Groups Based on the Numerical Criteria of Selective Rating with the Help of the Computer and Informational Technology

G. Ilnуtskуy Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University Introduction. In many countries of the world, including in Ukraine, the epidemiological situation with tuberculosis in patients is unfavorable and indicates an increase of the main epidemiological indicators (illness, prevalence, mortality, infectivity), as well as the difficulties of its diagnosis, treatment and prevention. An important component of Read More …

The Results of the Genetic Predisposition to Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (Mitochondrial Diabetes) Determination Among Population of Prykarpattya Region According to the Indices of Carbohydrate Metabolism Evaluation

Ya. Tomashevskiy1, Yu. Vendzylovych1, N. Tomashevska1, L. Hrupovych2, N. Danylevych2, M. Hrupovych2, I. Sulyga2, M. Firchuk2 1Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University 2Ukrainian International Academy of Preventive Medicine of Shevchenko Scientific Society, Lviv Introduction. Considering the urgent need to optimize the methods for preventing diabetes mellitus, it is important to find the methods of early Read More …

Rational Pharmacotherapy of Asymptomatic Bacteriuria in Pregnant Women

L. Markin, A. Popovych, K. Shatylovych Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University Introduction. Asymptomatic bacteriuria (AB) refers to the category of pathological conditions that are caused by the infection of the urinary tract and are in particular importance for pregnant women, as in the case of late diagnosis or inadequate treatment in 20.0–40.0 % of Read More …

Anti-Aging Medicine – Chance for Active Senility

O. Barna1, O. Getman2, Ya. Korost1 1Shupyk National Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education 2SBI “Association of preventive and anti-aging medicine” Introduction. Aging is a general property of all living and non-living systems, which represents the accumulation of violations of the structure and reduction of the function of the system. These changes develop over time. One Read More …

Transformation of the Nosological Forms into Syndromes: Are Such Aspirations of Some Clinicians Progressive?

D. Zerbino Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University Introduction. Each disease consists of predictors, symptoms, syndromes, which form the signs of the disease. However, the syndrome is not identical with the disease, it is not a nosological unit. It can be a manifestation of various diseases. Syndrome is a collection of different symptoms. Often syndromes Read More …

The Experience of Treatment of Patients with Gynecological Uterine Bleeding

O. Grishchenko, I. Lakhno Kharkiv Medical Academy of Post-graduate Education Introduction. Uterine bleeding in gynecological practice is a vast group of nosological forms, accompanied by increased blood loss during menstruation or acyclic metrorrhagia. Quite often, bleeding is not associated with the presence of structural-anatomical changes in the organs of the reproductive system. At the basis Read More …

TORCH-Infection and Its Possible Role in Syntropic Liver Damage in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (literature review and clinical case description)

U. Abrahamovych, M. Abrahamovych, N. Drobinska Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University Introduction. One of the topical issues of clinical medicine is the effective providing of help to patients with syntropic and polymorbid lesions, among which special attention is paid to patients with diffuse connective tissue diseases (DCTD), primarily with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and Read More …

Risk Factors and Predictors of Ischemic Heart Disease Onset in Females

E. Sklyarov, T. Maksymets Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University Introduction. Ischemic heart disease takes a leading place in morbidity and mortality structure among the Ukrainians and in the world. There are certain peculiarities of the onset, course and prognosis of the ischemic heart disease in women. For example, in women, there is a later Read More …