[Ways to improve diagnosis and surgical treatment for pathology of brachiocephalic arteries].

Unlabelled: Over 2010-2013 we anonymously interrogated a total of 397 therapeutists of municipal polyclinics of six regions of Russia (Chelyabinsk, Kurgan, Sverdlovsk, Orenburg, and Saratov Regions and the Republic of Bashkortostan), studying their awareness of the indications and

Aim: of ultrasound examination of brachiocephalic arteries (US BCA) in patients presenting with arterial hypertension (AH) and revealing the physicians' attitude to carrying out surgical prevention of stroke in hypertensive patients. As the indications for USS BCA 35 (8.82%) of physicians reported symptoms of local cerebrovascular lesions, mentioning: "complaints of unilateral weakness in the extremities" (n=18), "complaints of speech impairments disorders" (n=2), "complaints of loss of fields of vision" (n=4), "endured TIA" (n=11).

[Barriers to prevention of cerebrovascular complications of hypertension].

An analysis of well-established aspects of stroke prevention is presented. The authors present results of the questionnaire survey of 286 primary care physicians of six regions of Russia (Chelyabinsk, Kurgan, Orenburg, Saratov, Sverdlovsk Oblasts and the Republic of Bashkortostan). Most of respondents (71.