M.G. TUKHBATULLIN, V.R. GALIKHANOV, L.R. SAFIULLINA, F.T. KHAMZINA

Kazan State Medical Academy, 11 Mushtari St., Kazan, Russian Federation 420012

Tukhbatullin M.G. — D. Med. Sc., Professor, Head of the Department of Ultrasound Diagnostics, tel. +7-987-275-15-51, e-mail: [email protected]

Galikhanov V.R. — postgraduate student of the Department of Ultrasound Diagnostics, tel. +7-917-248-88-20, e-mail: [email protected]

Safiullina L.R. — Cand. Med. Sc., Associate Professor of the Department of Ultrasound Diagnostic, tel. +7-987-275-15-51, e-mail: [email protected]

Khamzina F.T. — Cand. Med. Sc., Associate Professor of the Department of Ultrasound Diagnostic, tel. +7-987-275-15-51, e-mail: [email protected]

The article presents the results of a survey of 67 patients with hypertension, who were divided into 2 groups — with hypertension of II and III stages. They were exposed to a duplex ultrasound research to detect pathological sinuosity and atherosclerotic lesions of the extracranial sections of carotid and vertebral arteries (CA and VA). The survey found that with increasing duration and stage of hypertension, as well as the accession of atherosclerosis, the incidence of hemodynamically significant deformations of the brachiocephalic arteries (BCA) increases.

Key words: brachiocephalic arteries, ultrasound duplex scanning, hypertension.

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