[Peculiarities of nervous/mental state and hemodynamic disturbances in patients with arterial hypertension in relation to the level of total cholesterol in the blood plasma].
To investigate peculiarities of the clinical picture, nervous/mental state, indices of cognitive functions and extracranial hemodynamics in patients with arterial hypertension in relation to the level of total cholesterol in the blood plasma, 130 patients (69 males, 61 female) were examined. Patients were divided into 3 groups by the level of total cholesterol: the first group (n = 46) contained the patients with the desirable level of total cholesterol, the second group (n = 40)--with the borderline level and the third one (n = 44)--with the elevated level. The results show that, with the increase of total cholesterol in the blood plasma from desirable to higher level, patients with arterial hypertension develop signs of discirculatory encephalopathy; elastic/tonic characteristics of the vascular wall of extracranial arteries changed with the increase of blood flow asymmetry that correlated with neurasthenic disturbances of anxious-depressive type and significant reduction of mental capacity.
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D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood*; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000097:blood / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D016743:Mental Competency / Q000523:psychology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010949:Plasma / Q000737:chemistry*; D011379:Prognosis; D012720:Severity of Illness Index
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