[Hemosorption in the treatment of patients with ischemic heart disease and drug-resistant stenocardia].

A course of hemosorption combined with chemotherapy resulted in much less frequent attacks of angina pectoris and in compensation of cardiac insufficiency in 27 coronary heart disease patients resistant to chemotherapy. There was an increase in the drugs efficacy. Sensitivity of the lymphocytes to chemotherapeutic agents administered rose as shown by rosette test due to specific unlocking of the receptors. The underlying mechanism of hemosorption-related compensation of cardiac insufficiency implies correction of secondary hyperaldosteronism and a decrease in the level of ADH leading to enhanced diuresis, natriuresis, inhibited kaliuresis and to normal values of blood electrolytes.