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AIM: to elucidate relationship between parameters of negative ischemic stress test and subclinical atherosclerosis of carotid arteries. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Electrocardiographic stress test on treadmill and ultrasound study of carotid arteries (CA) were carried out in 204 patients (100women and 104 men, mean age 54.16+/-8.07 years without verified ischemic heart disease and with more or equal 1 traditional factors of cardiovascular risk). Measurements of intima media thickness (IMT) in three extracranial CA segments and identification of atherosclerotic plaques (AP) were used for detection of subclinical atherosclerosis. CA total atherosclerotic plaque area (TAPA) was calculated when appropriate. RESULTS: Multifactorial regression analysis revealed the following predictors of increased IMT and TAPA: physical working capacity, increment and reserve of heart rate (HR), HR restoration, and increment of systolic arterial pressure (SAP). Presence of atherosclerotic plaque was associated with SAP rise >42% during exercise test and slow HR restoration ( less or equal 42 bpm at 2-nd minute of recovery period). CONCLUSION: Analysis of nonelectrocardiographic parameters of negative relative to ischemia induction exercise test allows predicting severity of atherosclerotic changes in CA. The information obtained can supplement assessment of traditional factors of cardiovascular risk.
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The possibility of predicting undesirable postinfarction remodeling of the left ventricle from parameters of tissue doppler echocardiography was evaluated in 55 patients with a history of acute myocardial infarction. Low diastolic rates of normal segments and the absence of the peak of isovolumetric contraction in the dysfunction zone were the most significant predictors of unfavorable remodeling.