Elastic properties of carotid arteries of patients with different cardiovascular diseases

Research objective was a comparison elastic properties of common carotids of patients with isolated essential hypertension, essential hypertension in a combination with ischemic heart disease and essential hypertension in combination with diabetes mellitus type 2.Ultrasonic research of the common carotids in B- and M-modes at 77 patients and 19 a healthy person has been made. Based on results of research were calculated indicators of local stiffness of arteries. The most expressed changes of indicators of stiffness of arteries are revealed in association of essential hypertension in a combination with diabetes mellitus type 2.