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M A Nechaenko

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Gene expression analysis to identify mRNA markers of cardiac myxoma.

cDNA expression arrays were used to identify mRNA expression markers for cardiac myxoma. The RNA profile analysis suggests that cardiac myxoma should be considered as a stand-alone tissue rather than a pathological modification of particular normal tissue. The analysis reveals a set of genes which are highly and steadily expressed in cardiac myxomas and can serve as an mRNA expression markers of the tumour. Marker status of selected genes was confirmed by reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction analysis. Genes MIA (melanoma inhibitory activity) and PLA2G2A (phospholipase A2, group IIA) show the highest specificity as cardiac myxoma markers, since they have more than 10-fold higher RNA level in cardiac myxomas than in any one of 15 normal tissues tested. Among markers of myxoma at least three are participants of phospholipid metabolism: ANXA3, PLA2G2A, and phospholipid transfer protein. Tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase 1 and secretory leucocyte protease inhibitor are inhibitors of proteases degrading extracellular matrix proteins and participating in cell proliferation regulation. MIA, SPP1, fibromodulin are modulators or participants of the interaction between extracellular matrix proteins and their cell surface receptors. SOX9 is a transcription factor required for chondrocyte differentiation. Calretenin (CALB2) is an intracellular calcium-binding protein with poorly understood function.

Adolescent↗

[Short and long-term results of surgical correction of the aortal valve dysplasia].

Nearest and long-term results of surgical treatment of 108 patients with dysplasia of aortal valve were analyzed. Necessity of individual approach to choice of method of surgical correction (prosthesis or valvuloplasty of aortal valve) depending on degree of dysplasia and/or secondary valvular pathology, it anatomic variants, presence of concomitant infectious endocarditis and age of patients is noted. This permitted to reduce hospital lethality from 8.8 to 3.9%. Survival in 1, 5 and 10 years after prosthesis and valvuloplasty of aortal valve was 92.3 +/- 3.3, 86.8 +/- 4.8 and 85.7 +/- 5.7% versus 100, 94.1 +/- 4.1, 94.1 +/- 4.1% respectively. Quality life in remote period was evaluated as good in 80.3% operated patients, as satisfactory--in 11.1% and unsatisfactory--in 8.6%.

Adolescent↗

[PRKAR1A gene mutations in two patients with myxoma syndrome (Carney complex)].

Carney complex is an autosomic dominant disorder initially described as the association of cardiac myxomas, spotty skin pigmentation and endocrine overactivity and considered as a multiple neoplasia and lentiginosis syndrome. Mutations in the tumor suppressor gene PRKAR1A, coding for the type 1-alpha regulatory subunit of cAMP-depended protein kinase A have been previously identified in about half of the Carney complex kindreds. In this paper we report identification of the molecular defect in PRKARIA gene in two Carney complex patients. A new mutation (403delAC) located in a 3rd exon of PRKARIA gene has been observed in one case, and a previously described mutation in exon 7 (847delTC) in the second case.

Adolescent↗

[Electrical stimulation of the spinal cord in cardiovascular disease].

The early and late outcomes of electrical stimulation of the spinal cord are analyzed in chronic critical ischemia of the lower extremities and coronary heart disease with peripheral involvement of coronary arteries. The clinical capacities of this treatment that has enjoyed little use in our country due to its high cost showed atraumaticity of electrical stimulation of the spinal cord; a few cases of complications and no hospital mortality; a rapid positive clinical effect after the initiation of electric neurostimulation, and better life quality in patients in the postoperative periods.

Electric Stimulation Therapy↗

[Surgical correction of incomplete form of open atrioventricular canal in adults].

Clinical and anatomo-hemodynamic features of adult patients with incomplete form of the open atrioventricular canal are presented, policy of surgical treatment and optimal degree of surgical intervention on mitral valve are determined. The study of variant anatomy of the defect, revealed two variants of left atrioventricular valve formation (with "functional" and with "anatomical" septal commissure). In the first anatomic variant the mitral insufficiency was hemodynamically important and required surgical correction. In the second variant, the mitral valve had good closure function, that permitted to avoid the routine suturing of anterior velum's splitting.

Adolescent↗

[Surgical treatment of heart echinococcosis].

Echinococcosis of the heart is a rare but dangerous for life disease, very difficult for diagnosis. 5 patients with echinococcosis of the heart were examined, 2 were operated. Introduction into clinical practice of complex echocardiography contributed to precise diagnosis. The viability of the parasite was determined after application of the latex-test. Defection of the living echinococcus parasites in the heart was indication for surgery. Removal of the echinococcus from the myocardium of the left ventricle in 1 patient was carried out without artificial circulation and was accompanied by a significant risk, the complete excision of fibrous capsula being impossible. Intraventricular location of the echinococcus cyst in the other patient has required artificial circulation and cardioplegia. Intraventricular cyst was successfully and radically removed after preliminary sterilization by glycerine solution.

Adult↗

[Diagnostic and prognostic aspects of myxoma syndrome].

The analysis is presented of clinicomorphological and laboratory characteristics of myxoma syndrome which are of prognostic value. Early diagnosis of the syndrome is essential in making decision on the intraoperative and long-term postoperative treatment policy.

Adolescent↗

[Primary tumors of heart].

The analysis of 36 years' experience in surgical treatment of 162 patients with benign and malignant primary tumors of the heart, verified by morphological examination, is presented. The possibility of their timely and intra vital revealing is noted in cases of clinical alertness which makes possible to suspect this disease and purposefully examine these patients using preferably echocardiography and computed tomography. The scope of the operations and their success depend on morphological characteristics of the tumors and the extent of neoplastic process. However, by now short- and long-term results of surgical treatment evidence, that predominant part of this category of patients is potentially curable, provided that these neoplasms of the heart were revealed at an initial stage.

Adolescent↗

[Myxoma syndrome].

The paper provides the follow-up findings of patients with cardiac myxomas according to the presence or absence of the myxomal syndrome. It is shown that it is a multiorgan abnormality wherein the cardiac myxomas that are prone to primarily multiple growth, extraseptal and/or multifocal fixation are associated with the changes in the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal and renin-angiotensin-aldosterone systems, skin spotty pigmentation, neoplasms in the viscera, skin, and fat. These specific features emphase the predictive value of the myxomal syndrome, which predetermines that its early diagnosis should be made in routine clinical practice.

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[Primary heart neoplasms].

The work analyses the anatomomorphological characteristics of primary tumors of the heart in 106 patients; in 101 patients the tumor was benign (myxoma, neurinoma, rhabdomyoma) and in 5 malignant (angiosarcoma, liposarcoma). Surgical treatment was conducted in 99 patients; hospital lethality was 7.1%. Six patients who refused an operation died at other therapeutic institutions, one patient died on admission to the clinic from occlusion of the left atrioventricular orifice by the tumor. It is pointed out that the diversity and the various degree of the clinical manifestations of the disease are predetermined by the localization and morphological characteristics of the new growths, their size, and mobility. The authors emphasize that knowledge of the anatomomorphological features of primary tumors of the heart and their early diagnosis are conducive to a differential approach in each concrete situation and to the choice of the optimal volume of an urgent surgical intervention.

Adolescent↗

[Cerebral complications in cardiac myxomas].

The authors analyze injuries to the central nervous system in patients with heart myxomas due to tumorous embolism of brain vessels with the development of acute or "delayed" cerebral symptomatology. Stress the difficulty of correct interpretation of acute disorders of cerebral circulation with no other signs of intracavitary heart neoplasm and the possibility of the asymptomatic form of cerebrovascular embolism or its consequences in association with a remarkable clinical picture of heart myxoma. Emphasis is laid on the necessity of carrying out all-round examination of the brain to reveal injuries that may occur under such conditions, to determine the prognosis and treatment policy in the given patients' group, especially in the long-term period after resection of intracavitary heart neoplasm.

Adolescent↗

[Familial myxomas of the heart].

An analysis has been made of the clinical, diagnostic, surgical and morphological aspects of familial cardiac myxomas, potentialities of their intravital diagnosis and prevention. No morphological differences were established between familial and sporadic cases of cardiac myxoma.

Adolescent↗

[Computerized tomography in the diagnosis of heart neoplasms].

Computed tomography (CT) was used to study 56 and 4 patients with primary and secondary cardiac blastomas, respectively. CT allows differentiation between a racemose and dense endocardial tumor, localization of myxoma pedicle, recording its prolapse into the adjacent chamber, identification of extra-, intracardiac and intramyocardial tumor growth as well as changes in adjacent vessels. CT image of cardiac myxoma is similar to a filling defect of diminished density, that of extra-endocardial tumors display polymorphism. Blastomatous invasion of the heart is characterized by blurring of cardiovascular elements boundaries, pericardial thickening and fluid accumulation. CT is advocated as a new, noninvasive and highly efficient diagnostic modality in cardiac tumors.

Adolescent↗

[Atrioplasty in surgical correction of mitral valve defect complicated by left-sided atriomegaly].

Surgical treatment of 40 patients with mitral valvular diseases and left atriomegaly is analysed. The dimensions of the giant left atrium in this group of patients must be reduced because it causes compression of the posterobasal part of the left ventricle, constriction of the lumen of the left main bronchus or compression of the inferior and middle lobes of the right lung. Left atrioplasty has a favorable effect on the course of the immediate postoperative period and reduces significantly hospital mortality among this grave contingent of patients.

Adolescent↗