INFLUENCE OF BLOOD PRESSURE LEVEL ON REMODELING OF THE MAIN ARTERIES OF THE NECK AND LOWER EXTREMITIES IN PATIENTS WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS, WITH AND WITHOUT CONCOMITANT METABOLIC SYNDROME

Abstract

This article presents the results of a comparative analysis of intima-media complex thickness and detected atherosclerotic plaques in the common carotid arteries and the common femoral arteries, interadventitial diameter of the CCA (both sides). The study involved 86 patients without diabetes mellitus type 2 (T2DM) and metabolic syndrome (MS), 74 patients with T2DM without metabolic syndrome (MS), and 73 patients with T2DM combined with MS. The examined patients were divided into subgroups with and without arterial hypertension (AH), depending on the degree and stage. It was found that in all examined subgroups of patients, pathological signs of arterial arteries remodeling are more revealed in concomitant AH, aggravating with AH degree and stage progression. Thus, an essential influence in the formation of arterial wall disorders is exerted by hypertension, and this influence is more expressed in patients with T2DM, both in combination with MS and without MS.