CLINICAL VALUE OF THE PARAMETERS OF LOCAL AND REGIONAL VASCULAR RIGIDITY, WAYS FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL CORRECTION
Aim. To study the influence of age on the parameters of local vascular rigidity in healthy persons, and to assess correlations of carotid arteries rigidity in coronary heart disease (CHD) patients with arterial hypertension (AH)  of 1-2  grades   with assessment  of vasoprotective  effect  of a sartan — antagonist of angiotensin II receptors (AAR).Material and methods. With an aim to study age and cardiovascular pathology  influence  on  the  parameters of local  rigidity, 44  healthy persons  included and 20 patients with AH of 1-2 grades  comorbid with proven  CHD. Local carotid  stiffness  was  assessed  by  ultrasound examination of carotid arteries, My Lab 90 device with the technology of radiofrequency analysis of vessel wall condition — echo tracking. Also, the influence was analyzed, of 24-week therapy by one of sartans  on structural and functional characteristics of carotid arteries.Results. Comparison of the results of local stiffness in healthy group showed the local pulse wave velocity (PWV) in the range from 5,9±0,7 m/s  in those  30-39 year old to 6,6±1,1 m/s  in normotonics  >50 y.o., there  were  significant differences  in those  >50  y.o. comparing  with participants  <40 y.o. Analogical changes  were shown for the stiffness index β.  Together  with normalized  office blood  pressure (BP), AAR treatment  was  followed by a  decrease of local pressure in carotid arteries,  and decrease of carotid PWV from 9,9 (9,1; 11,5) m/s  to 8,3 (6,6; 8,6) m/s  with regression  by 17% (p<0,05).  Positive influence of AAR on structural and functional properties of carotid arteries confirms the significant growth of the coefficient by 3,3% (p<0,05), and decrease of stiffness  indexes  α &  β by 19,4% (р<0,05)  and  19,9% (p<0,01), respectively.Conclusion. Parameters of local stiffness significantly correlated  with anthropometric parameters, duration of AH, systolic and diastolic BP in patients  with cardiovascular comorbidity. Therapy with sartan  followed by not only normalization of BP, but improved the parameters of local arterial rigidity.