Atherosclerosis and its complications in many respects define morbidity patterns in Russia and hold the lead as a cause of death. At the present time atorvastatin (Lipitor) has the most important evidentiary basis as respects to clinical outcomes in patients with different

С oronary heart disease recrudescence is attended by severe hemostasis activation through plasma element. That requires usage of drugs for coagulation cascade blocking. For many years for this purpose in the acute period doctors used heparins (unfractionated heparin

Despite proven effectiveness of statin therapy, under pressure of statin therapy target values of low density lipoproteins (LDL) cholesterol concentration are often not achieved (especially in high-risk patients). Moreover, significant number of patients cannot tolerate

Aim. Contrast-induced acute kidney injury (CI-AKI) is a well-known serious complication of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) associated with increased morbidity and mortality. The aim of the study was to evaluate the incidence, predictors and outcomes of CI-AKI in

Aim. To evaluate the prognostic value of myocardial perfusion imaging with gated-SPECT (MPI/SPECT) in patients over 60 years old with known coronary artery disease (CAD) before non-cardiac surgery. Materials and methods. Overall 225 patients with known CAD were studied

According to the literature, changes in electrocardiogram (ECG) in case of acute cerebrovascular event and a number of other acute conditions (acute pancreatitis, perforated gastric ulcer, peritonitis etc.) are of a secondary nature. They simulate ischemia and myocardial

Previously it was thought that hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a disease of young people because of the high risk of sudden cardiac death. However, wide implementation and use of imaging techniques such as echocardiography and magnetic resonance imaging followed by