Issue: 2012, Vol. 17, No. 2

Nazarova Ольга Анатольевна, Nazarova А. В.

VASCULAR LESION IN ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION

Keywords

arterial hypertension, vascular remodelling, arteries elasticity, pulse wave spreading speed, microcirculation

Abstarct

Current data concerning the regularities of the development and the peculiarities of various sizes vessels lesion in arterial hypertension are presented in the review. The analysis of the factors which influence the elasticity of vascular wall in this disease is adduced. The role of microcirculatory processes disorders as one of universal mechanisms of the pathogenesis of the most part of the diseases of cardiovascular system is stressed.