[Systemic and local stiffness of the arteries in young patients with arterial hypertension].

Unlabelled: The aim of the work was to study characteristics of systemic and local arterial stiffness in young patients with arterial hypertension (AH) suffering this condition in the childhood or adulthood and to relate them to risk factors of cardiovascular complications. Materials and methods. 54 patients aged 18-35 (mean 25.

[Vasomotor endothelial dysfunction in young men with grade 1 arterial hypertension].

In order to study vasomotor endothelial function and risk factors of endothelial dysfunction in young men with grade 1 arterial hypertension (G1AH) we examined 76 men with G1AH and 30 healthy men aged 20-40 years. Flow-mediated vasodilatation (FMD) of the brachial artery was assessed by ultrasonic method of Celermajer D.S.

[Changes in pulse wave velocity in the reactive hyperemia as a method of evaluation of endothelial vasomotor function in hypertensive patients].

Aim: To assess the method of pulse wave velocity (PWV) measurement in reactive postocclusion hyperemia test for investigation of vasomotor endothelial function (VEF) in hypertension patients.

Material And Methods: A total of 50 hypertensive patients participated in the study: 40 patients (age 20-72 years, 19 females, 21 males) with arterial hypertension of degree I-III with moderate and high risk and 2-30 year duration of the disease and 10 healthy normotensive 20-50 year old males (a control group). VEF was evaluated by two methods: ultrasound test with reactive hyperemia according to D.