Terapevt Arkh
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To evaluate the efficiency of related and unrelated allogeneic bone marrow transplantation (alloBMT) versus immunosuppressive therapy (IST) in patients with aplastic anemia (AA) having no HLA-compatible bone marrow donor. ⋯ Related allo-BMT is the method of choice if there is a HLA-compatible sibling. If there are contraindications to it or no related donor, IST with ATG + CsA is indicated. Ineffective IST is an indication for unrelated allo-BMT that may be recommended as life-saving therapy for young patients under 40 years of age.
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To study the specific features of 24-hour blood pressure (BP) profile and its association with plasma renin activity in patients with systemic connective tissue diseases and hemorrhagic vasculitis (HV). ⋯ The patients with systemic connective tissue diseases and HV were found to have prognostically poor types of 24-hour BP profile (night-peaker, non-dipper), the magnitude of which elevation depended on renal function and plasma renin activity.
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To analyze the impact of polymorphism of a group of genes encoding for endothelial function on the development of target organ lesions in arterial hypertension (AH) in relation to age. ⋯ In patients with AH diagnosed at less than 35 years of age, pathological changes in the carotid are associated with a G allele of the Glu298Asp eNOS polymorphism (odds ratio (OR) = 2.3; p = 0.016) and with an T allele of the p22phox of NADPH oxidase subunit C242T polymorphism (OR 1.7; p = 0.049). In this age subgroup, LVH was associated with an A allele of the Glu298Asp eNOS polymorphism (OR = 1.9; p = 0.037), MAU was with an A allele of the Glu298Asp eNOS polymorphism (OR = 3.6; p = 0.02) and a C allele of the ATR1 A1166C gene polymorphism (OR = 2.6; p = 0.034).
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To study an association of the serum level of apolipoprotein E (apo-E) with risk factors for coronary heart disease (CHD), blood lipids and that with CHD and carotid artery (CA) atherosclerotic lesion in Kyrgyz men with dyslipidemia. ⋯ Low serum apo-E content is a poor factor and associated with obesity, hypertriglyceridemia, elevated serum glucose levels, and the development of CA atherosclerosis.
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To study aortic stiffness in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) concurrent with coronary heart disease (CHD). ⋯ In COPD concurrent with CHD, central arterial stiffness is drastically increased as compared to that in healthy individuals and patients with COPD alone. There are no differences in the values of coronary perfusion in isolated COPD and its association with CHD, suggesting that COPD is of its own value in the formation of a cardiovascular risk. The correlation between the major parameters of aortic stiffness and the level of hypoxemia, on the one hand, and decreased lung ventilation function, on the other, testify their great contribution to the increase in the stiffness of elastic-type vessel walls in CHD-associated COPD.