Causes and Factors of Male Infertility

Kolesnikova L.I.,

Kolesnikov S.I.,

Kurashova N.A.,

Bairova T.A.

Published: Jan. 1, 2015

The preservation of reproductive health of the population is an important factor of demographic policy of the state. According to some authors from 14 to 30% of couples of reproductive age suffer from infertility; male factor in such marriages is detected in more than half of the cases. As you know, in recent years there has been a significant deterioration in the main indicators of reproductive function of men. Increased the number of andrological diseases, morphological disorders of the male reproductive system, almost halved the production of sperm in men of reproductive age. The reason probably lies behind a whole …

Clinical case of acute chord rupture of the mitral valve posterior leaflet in older patient with comorbidities

Zhuravlyova Larysa Vоlоdуmіrіvna,

Lopina Nataliya Andreevna,

Kuznetsov Igor Vоlоdуmirovich,

Lopin Dmytro Oleksandrovich,

Kramarenko Irina Anatolievna,

Sumanova Irina Anatolievna

Published: Jan. 1, 2015

The article describes the etiologic role of various factors such as chronic rheumatic heart disease, bacterial endocarditis, aortic valve stenosis, hypertension, coronary heart disease, including acute myocardial infarction, degenerative disease of the valves, connective tissue diseases, chest trauma, sys-temic lupus erythematosus, con-genital heart disease which leading to the mitral valve chords rupture, gives the current classification of the nosology and also features of manifestation and clinical course. The authors also described a clinical case of mitral valve posterior leaflet chord rupture in the patient with hypertension, ischemic heart disease and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, which reflects all the stages of …