[Acute disorders of cerebral circulation: prognostic factors in essential hypertension].
OBJECTIVE
To study subclinical signs of cerebrovascular pathology as prognostic factors of development of acute disorders of cerebral circulation (ADCC) in essential hypertension (EH).


METHODS
A prospective (10-13 years) cohort trial of prognostic significance of subclinical forms of cerebral pathology in EH in relation to ADCC development covered 111 men aged 45-55 years who had undergone a unified neurological and cardiological examination in 1992-1993.


RESULTS
Such factors as disordered circulation along major arteries of the head (a relative risk 3.1 [1.2; 10.3]), thick intima-media complex of the common carotid artery (a relative risk: 5.2 [2.1; 14.3]), the presence of asymptomatic lacunar brain infarctions (a relative risk: 6.6 [2.3; 13.5]) were revealed to be of unfavourable prognostic significance in respect to development of ADCC in EH.


CONCLUSIONS
Some subclinical risk factors may have prognostic value in relation to development of ADCC in EH.
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D000208:Acute Disease; D001921:Brain / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D002560:Cerebrovascular Circulation / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D017379:Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D015995:Prevalence; D011379:Prognosis; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed