title: [EVALUATION OF ARTERIAL STIFFNESS AND POSSIBILITY TO PREDICT CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS IN PATIENTS WITH ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION BASED ON AN OUTPATIENT FACILITY].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To estimate the possibility of predicting the presence and severity of coronary atherosclerosis from arterial stiffness characteristics and augmentation index (AIx) in patients with essential hypertension (EH) obtained under outpatient conditions.
  
  
  METHODS
  The general clinical examination of 15 patients aged 30-70 yr with EH was supplemented by measuring blood glucose and creatinine levels, the lipid status (LWLP, HDLP, TG), duplex scanning of carotid arteries, and evaluation of arterial stiffness by pulsed wave contour analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  AIx and age were independent risk factors of coronary atherosclerosis in patients with EH and severity of its manifestations. AIx values over 25% were with high specificity (over 85%) associated with atherosclerotic lesions.
authors: A G
authors: AG
authors: Polipanov
authors: Zh A
authors: ZhA
authors: Mamasaidov
authors: Yu N
authors: YN
authors: Geleskhanova
authors: N B
authors: NB
authors: Cheskidova
authors: T A
authors: TA
authors: Romanova
authors: A S
authors: AS
authors: Dzhumagulova
mesh_terms: D000553:Ambulatory Care / Q000379:methods*; D001783:Blood Flow Velocity; D002339:Carotid Arteries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D002340:Carotid Artery Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D000075222:Essential Hypertension; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D007707:Kyrgyzstan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010045:Outpatients / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011379:Prognosis; D063177:Pulse Wave Analysis / Q000379:methods; D018570:Risk Assessment; D018616:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Duplex / Q000379:methods; D059289:Vascular Stiffness