List of Authors . .3
Foreword . 5
List of abbreviations . 6
Section 1. Cardiology
Chapter 1. Arterial hypertension (Liudmyla V. Burdeina, Olena I. Ostapchuk) . 13
Essential hypertension (Liudmyla V. Burdeina) . .13
Secondary hypertensions (Olena I. Ostapchuk) . 25
Chapter 2. Atherosclerosis (Oksana I. Rokyta) . .36
Chapter 3. Сoronary artery disease (Galyna K. Berko, Galyna V. Mostbauer, Andrii B. Bezrodnyi) . .49
Angina pectoris (Galyna K. Berko) . .52
Acute coronary syndrome (Galyna V. Mostbauer, Andrii B. Bezrodnyi) . 63
Acute myocardial infarction (Galyna V. Mostbauer, Andrii B. Bezrodnyi) . 63
Chapter 4. Myocarditis (Kateryna M. Amosova, Tetiana A. Karasevska) . 74
Chapter 5. Cardiomyopathies (Kateryna M. Amosova, Valentyna K. Sierkova) . .83
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (Kateryna M. Amosova) . .84
Dilated cardiomyopathy (Kateryna M. Amosova) . 91
Restrictive cardiomyopathy (Valentyna K. Sierkova) . 98
Chapter 6. Heart failure (Natalia V. Bereza) . .104
Chapter 7. Cardiac arrhythmias and conduction disturbances (Roman R. Komorovsky) .114
Arrhythmias . .114
Extrasystoles . 127
Bradyarrhythmias (bradycardia and heart blocks) . .132
Chapter 8. Pericarditis (Galyna V. Mostbauer, Marta B. Dzhus) . .143
Chapter 9. Infective endocarditis (Svitlana I. Smiyan) . .156
Chapter 10. Congenital heart diseases (Galyna V. Mostbauer, Marta B. Dzhus) . .169
Chapter 11. Valvular heart disease (Svitlana I. Smiyan) . 183
Mitral regurgitation . .183
Mitral stenosis . .186
Aortic stenosis . 194
Aortic regurgitation . 199
Tricuspid and pulmonary valve disease . .201
Chapter 12. Acute pulmonary embolism (Yuliia V. Rudenko) . 210
Chapter 13. Chronic cor pulmonale (Galyna V. Mostbauer, Andrii B. Bezrodnyi) . .218
Chapter 14. Vegetative-vascular fatigue (neurocirculatory dystony – NCD) (Natalia V. Bereza) . .224
Section 2. Rheumatology
Chapter 15. Acute rheumatic fever (Anatoliy S. Svintsitskyy) . 231
Chapter 16. Rheumatoid arthritis (Mykola A. Stanislavchuk) . 241
Сhapter 17. Systemic lupus erytematosus (Mykola A. Stanislavchuk) . 254
Chapter 18. Systemic sclerosis (Igor A. Svintsitskyi) . 267
Chapter 19. Dermatomyositis and polymyositis (Anatoliy S. Svintsitskyy) . 274
Chapter 20. Systemic vasculitis (Anatoliy S. Svintsitskyy, Liudmyla A. Kovalevska) . 282
Polyarteritis nodosa (Anatoliy S. Svintsitskyy) . 287
IgA vasculitis (Liudmyla A. Kovalevska) . 295
Chapter 21. Osteoarthritis (Natalia A. Zolotaryova) . 297
Chapter 22. Ankylosing spondylitis (Anatoliy S. Svintsitskyy)
Chapter 23. Reactive arthritis (Maksym I. Romanchenko) . 304
Chapter 24. Gout (Anatoliy S. Svintsitskyy) . 310
Section 3. Haematology
Chapter 25. Anemia (Svitlana Yu. Kalinina) . 337
Iron deficiency anemia . 323
Megaloblastic anemia . .326
Hemolytic anemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
Hereditary hemolytic anemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
Acquired hemolytic anemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
Chapter 26. Acute leukemia (Igor M. Skrypnyk, Ganna S. Maslova) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
Chapter 27. Chronic leukemia (Igor M. Skrypnyk, Ganna S. Maslova) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354
Chronic myelogenous leukemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354
Chronic lymphoid leukemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359
Chapter 28. Lymphoma (Olena V. Solomko) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366
Chapter 29. Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (Liudmyla A. Kovalevska) . . . . . . . 373
Chapter 30. Hemophilia (Liudmyla A. Kovalevska) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382
Referrences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389