[NON-CORONARY ATHEROSCLEROSIS PROGRESSION AFTER MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION IN PATIENTS OF DIFFERENT AGE GROUPS].

The initial rate of non-coronary atherosclerosis progression in patients of different age groups before and after myocardial infarction (MI) was studied. 168 patients with ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) were enrolled in the study; the age of 60 was a criterion for patients distribution into the study groups. It is established that one year after MI the patients younger than 60 years of age had recurrent acute coronary syndromes (ACS), and older patients had cerebral vascular accidents.

[The role of subclinical inflammation in progression of multifocal atherosclerosis during one year after myocardial infarction].

Aim: To elucidate role of subclinical inflammation in progression of atherosclerotic process in magistral noncoronary arteries in patients during one year after ST-elevation myocardial infarction (MI).

Material And Methods: We examined 168 men with MI (mean age 59.5 years).

[Factors determining progression of atherosclerosis in extracoronary arteries after myocardial infarction].

Unlabelled: Aim of the study was to determine association between clinical-anamnestic factors and degree of progression of atherosclerotic process in magistral noncocronary arteries during one year after ST-elevation (STE) myocardial infarction (MI).

Material: We included into this study 168 men (mean age 59.5 years) with STEMI subjected during hospitalization to coronary angiography and duplex color scanning of brachiocephalic arteries and main arteries of lower extremities.