[The interrelationship of cholelithiasis and ischemic heart disease]

Ultrasonic scanning of the gallbladder was realized in 234 patients with ischemic heart disease and results of 924 autopsy findings in those who died of myocardial infarction. A high incidence of concomitant cholelithiasis was found in patients with ischemic heart disease as compared with the general population. The data obtained by ultrasound examination were close to the results of autopsy findings.