THE HIRUDOTHERAPY INFLUENCE ON THE STATE OF BLOOD LIPID SPECTRUM IN PATIENTS WITH HIGH-GRADE NECK ARTERY STENOSIS OR OCCLUSION
The aim – to study the effects of a course of hirudotherapy on the indicators of the blood lipid spectrum in 23 patients (13 men, 10 women, the average age 61.7 years) with hemodynamically significant (more than 75%) stenosis and/or occlusions of the arteries of the neck and brain, whose has refused to accept the proposed surgical treatment or with contraindications to him. Hirudotherapy (12 sessions) conducted by own patent of RF № 2327494. Results, conclusions. In patients with hemodynamically significant atherosclerotic lesions of neck and brain arteries, despite ongoing statin therapy are marked dislipidemic disorder. Course hirudotherapy in this group of patients significantly reduced total cholesterol, low density lipoprotein cholesterol and atherogenic index. In the group of patients (8 people) with initially unstable atherosclerotic plaques in the primary full-duplex scanning, there was a stabilization of atherosclerotic plaques in an average of 3-4 courses of hirudotherapy (in 1.5- 2 years) in all patients.