ELASTIC PROPERTIES OF COMMON CAROTID ARTERY IN PATIENTS WITH MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION WITH DIFFERENT FOLAT-HOMOCYSTEINE STATUS
We have evaluated the elastic properties of common carotid artery in patients with myocardial infarction with different folat-homocysteine status by means of high resolution ultrasound. In patients with low folat-homocysteine status (low plasma folate, high homocysteine) the elastic properties of common carotid artery are decreased in greater degree, than at the high folat-homocysteine. Elasticity and extensibility coefficients are lowered. The thickness of a complex of intima-media and elasticity factor are raised.