Semnificaţia de diagnostic a determinării intima media la pacienţii cu diferite variante de cardiopatie ischemică

Abstract

The process of systemic atherosclerosis has a long asymptomatic period corresponding with the occurrence of manifested cardiovascular disease, such as myocardial infarction or ischemic stroke, which results in the invalidity of the patient, lowering its quality of life, decreasing life expectancy and increasing spending in public health or death. The rise in the index of average thickness is intimate-the first observable sign of atherosclerosis, vascular damage from its substrate, being represented by fibrocelular hypertrophy and hyperplasia of smooth muscle cells in the media pressure.