[Multifocal atherosclerosis as a factor of unfavorable prognosis in patients with ST elevation myocardial infarction and type 2 diabetes mellitus].

Multifocal atherosclerosis (MFA) and diabetes mellitus (DM) determine less favorable course of acute vascular catastrophes. We analyzed dependence of one year prognosis of patients with myocardial infarction (MI) with and without DM on the presence of multifocal atherosclerosis. The analysis showed that number of cardiovascular complications increased with increase of degree of severity of atherosclerosis. Negative impact of DM on prognosis was more pronounced in patients with MFA. This effect rose with rise of atherosclerosis severity. Moreover in patients with MI stenoses of extracranial arteries including those less than 50% appeared to be markers of the disease severity and unfavorable prognosis especially at the background of DM.