PROGNOSTIC SIGNIFICANCE OF BLOOD MARKER OF HYPERTROPHY- CARDIOTROPHIN-1 WHEN CARRYING DIFFERENT VARIANTS OF ITS GENE IN MEN WITH ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION.

Objective: The aim: To improve diagnosis of essential hypertension with left ventricular hypertrophy and chronic heart failure in men citizens of Podillya region in Ukraine by determining the plasma levels of cardiotrophin-1 in patients with different CT-1 gene variants.

Patients And Methods: Materials and methods: A total of 70 men with no signs of cardiovascular disease and 100 patients with essential hypertension were examined. Among those, 50 participants had hypertension and left ventricular hypertrophy.