[The hormone level of the blood from the aorta and the coronary sinus in patients with ischemic heart disease under conditions of preoperative stress].
A total of 156 patients with ischemic heart disease were examined under conditions of preoperative stress in a multiple-modality study performed with the aid of such techniques as echocardiography involving calculation of the myocardial mass index, coronaroventriculography, measurements of the adrenocorticotrophic hormone, hydrocortisone, somatotrophic hormone, triiodothyronine and thyroxin in the blood from the coronary sinus and aorta. A conclusion has been reached that emotional strain influences myocardial hypertrophy. A possible significance of the studied hormonal indices is shown together with features thereof in IHD patients presenting with different degrees of left ventricular hypertrophy.