Possibility of using the augmentation index as a predictor of atherosclerotic disease of carotid arteries in patients with essential hypertension

Objective. Study of the possibility of predicting atherosclerosis of carotid arteries on the basis of the augmentation index in patients with essential hypertension. Material and methods. A total of 155 patients with EH in the age range 30-70 years. A physical examination, identification of a number of biochemical parameters: glucose and creatinine and blood lipid (LDL, HDL and triglycerides), duplex scanning of carotid arteries, the definition of arterial stiffness by pulse wave contour analysis. Results. The augmentation index, along with age, was an independent risk factor for atherosclerosis carotid arteries in patients with EH, as well as the severity of its symptoms.