THE CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION IN PATIENTS WITH BRONCHIAL ASTHMA
Quantitative assessment of desquamated endothelium in the peripheral blood and parameters of computerized photo-pletismography of upper limb during tests with ischemia and inhalation of salbutamol in patients with varying severity of bronchial asthma revealed the development of endothelial dysfunction already at an early stage of the disease. Expression of vascular endothelial dysfunction was progressed in parallel to the severity of the disease and to the degree of remodeling both right and left parts of the heart in patients with bronchial asthma.