The Changes in the Structural Remodeling of the Carotid Artery in Patients with Hypertension and Heart Valve Calcification under the Influence of Treatment

Yuzvishina, O.V.

Likars'ka Sprava 2014(9-10): 56-60

2014


ISSN/ISBN: 1019-5297
PMID: 26492776
Document Number: 677422
In patients with essential hypertension (EH) and heart valves calcification (HVC) were studied the dynamics of the structural remodeling of the carotid artery under the influence of different variants of lipid-lowering therapy. Significant decrease in the thickness of the intimamedia, the frequency of new atherosclerotic plaques have been seen in patients with EH and HVC using high-dose atorvastatin compared with less.

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