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 …

Modern Advances and Evidence Аccording to the Results of the European Congress of Cardiologists in Amsterdam (30.08–04.09.2013)

A. Faynyk, M. Faynyk Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University Introduction. According to the President of the European Congress of Cardiologists (European Society of Cardiology, ESC) Professor Panos Vardasa, despite the progress of medicine, the diseases of cardiovascular system is now the number one killer of the population of Europe. Clinical trials based on the Read More …

Optimization of Diagnostic and Treatment Tactics Regarding Impacted Lower Third Molars with the Employment of Author’s Program of Computer Modelling

Y. Vares, S. Kyyak Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University Introduction. A significant percentage of intra- and postoperative complications requires the search for the new approaches to making a decision on the appropriateness and choice of methods for atypical removal of the lower third molars, namely, the definition of objective criteria for preoperative prognosis of Read More …

The Effectiveness of Treatment of the Duodenum Peptic Ulcer in the Lviv Region (Retrospective Analysis)

A. Demydova Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University Introduction. The prevalence of H. pylori infection has declined in recent years. However, the processes of population migration offset this difference, and the decline in the rate of distribution of  H. pylori has recently slowed down. In addition, the frequency of unsuccessful eradication has sharply increased in Read More …

Benfotiamine and Long-Chain Omega-3 and Omega-6 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids in Treatment of Cardiac Autonomic Neuropathy in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

V. Serhiyenko, O. Serhiyenko Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University Introduction. The cardiovascular form of diabetic autonomic neuropathy (DANP) in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM), is characterized by the damage of the nerve fibers of the parasympathetic and sympathetic parts of the autonomic nervous system, and is considered to be one of the Read More …

Renoprotective Properties of the Low-Dose Antihypertensive Combination Treatment of Patients with Hypertension Combined with Chronic Pyelonephritis

N. Seredyuk, O. Luchko Ivano-Frankivsk National Medical University Introduction. According to the current recommendations of the European Society of Hypertension and the European Society of Cardiology, treatment for arterial hypertension (AH) consists not only of the direct reduction of blood pressure to the target values, but also in observance of the principle of organoprotection as Read More …

Pruritus and the Quality of Life in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease Stage VD Treated by Hemodialysis

O. Abrahamovych1, I. Dudar2, K. Abrahamovych1 1Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University 2Department of Efferent Technologies, GA “Institute of Nephrology, NAMS of Ukraine” Introduction. The problem of the quality of life of patients with the chronic kidney disease stage VD treated by hemodialysis is becoming more and more urgent in medicine. One of the most Read More …

Myocardial Hibernation in Patients with Arterial Hypertension and Ischemic Heart Disease as a Cause of Heart Failure

O. Barnett, Y. Kyyak, H. Kyyak, V. Kovalyshyn, D. Besh Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University Introduction. Myocardial hibernation refers to “new ischemic syndromes,” which in recent years have increasingly attracted the attention of cardiologists and cardiac surgeons. Hibernation includes a number of adaptive responses: inhibition of metabolic processes to more complex and lengthy pathophysiological Read More …

Somatotypological Characteristics of Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: Dependence on the Age of the Patient, Age, when the Disease began and its Duration

M. Styhar, M. Stanislavchuk National Pirogov Memorial Medical University, Vinnytsya Introduction. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a multifactorial autoimmune disease, the occurrence of which affects a lot of factors, especially genetic, endocrine and environmental (socio-economic). A promising approach to assessing the genetic predisposition to multiple diseases is the study of somatotypologic status of patients. There are Read More …

Functional State of the Thyroid Gland in Patients with Urticaria

T. Rudnyk, O. Nadashkevіch, B. Parashchuk, Y. Zaychenko Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University Introduction. It is known that in 15.0-20.0% of the world’s population there is at least one episode of urticaria throughout the life, and therefore it belongs to the group of dermatoses of a social nature. Significant prevalence, absence of unified diagnostic Read More …