The Nature and Frequency of Comorbid Heart Lesions in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Diagnosed by Echocardiography, Detection and Characteristics of Their Syntropic Variants

L. Kobak, O. Abrahamovych, U. Abrahamovych, S. Guta,L. Tsyhanyk Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University Introduction. Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease characterized by damage of different organs and systems. It has been proven that cardiovascular events are proportionally more frequent in SLE compared to the general population of the corresponding age and sex. Echocardiography Read More …

Influence of Meldonium on Blood Lipid Spectrum and Echocardiography Parameters in Patients with Coronary Heart Disease and or Withoutconcomitant Arterial Hypertension

D. Volynskyi Ivano-Frankivsk National Medical University Introduction. Coronary heart disease (CHD) is one of the main causes of high mortality, disability and reduced quality of life for patients in both Europe and Ukraine. Modern drug therapy of coronary heart disease in combination with arterial hypertension (AH) does not always achieve a satisfactory therapeutic effect. The Read More …

Structural and Functional Peculiarities of Cardiac Changes in Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Patients With Different Polymorphic Variants of the Deletion Polymorphism of the Glutathione-S-Transferase M1 Gene

V. Prysyazhnyuk, T. Ilashchuk, L. Sydorchuk, P. Prysyazhnyuk, K. Bobkovych, N. Bachuk–Ponych Bukovinian State Medical University Introduction. Epidemiological studies indicate a higher incidence of adverse cardiovascular events in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) as compared to the general population. In the case of a comorbid combination of liver and cardiovascular diseases, the natural course of Read More …

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 …