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Л.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Bershtein</surname><given-names>L. L.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>Леонид Львович Берштейн — доктор медицинских наук, профессор кафедры госпитальной терапии и кардиологии им. М.С. Кушаковского.</p><p>Санкт-Петербург</p></bio><bio xml:lang="en"><p>St. Petersburg</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">aemalkova@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3807-5994</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Головина</surname><given-names>А. Е.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Golovina</surname><given-names>A. E.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>Анна Евгеньевна Головина — аспирант кафедры госпитальной терапии и кардиологии им. М. С. Кушаковского.</p><p>Санкт-Петербург</p></bio><bio xml:lang="en"><p>St. Petersburg</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">aemalkova@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3172-0305</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Катамадзе</surname><given-names>Н. О.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Katamadze</surname><given-names>N. O.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>Нана Отариевна Катамадзе — кандидат медицинских наук, преподаватель кафедры госпитальной терапии и кардиологии им. М. С. Кушаковского.</p></bio><bio xml:lang="en"><p>St. Petersburg</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">aemalkova@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7436-3048</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Бондарева</surname><given-names>Е. В.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Bondareva</surname><given-names>E. V.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>Елена Владимировна Бондарева — кандидат медицинских наук, доцент кафедры лучевой диагностики.</p><p>Санкт-Петербург</p></bio><bio xml:lang="en"><p>St. Petersburg</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">aemalkova@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7319-2734</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Сайганов</surname><given-names>С. А.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Saiganov</surname><given-names>S. A.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>Сергей Анатольевич Сайганов — доктор медицинских наук, профессор, заведующий кафедрой госпитальной терапии и кардиологии им. М. С. Кушаковского, ректор.</p><p>Санкт-Петербург</p></bio><bio xml:lang="en"><p>St. Petersburg</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">aemalkova@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff-1"><aff xml:lang="ru"><institution>ФГБОУ ВО Северо-Западный государственный медицинский университет им. И.И. Мечникова Минздрава России</institution></aff><aff xml:lang="en"><institution>I.I. Mechnikov North-Western State Medical University</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date pub-type="collection"><year>2019</year></pub-date><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>11</day><month>06</month><year>2019</year></pub-date><volume>0</volume><issue>5</issue><fpage>20</fpage><lpage>25</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>Copyright &amp;#x00A9; Берштейн Л.Л., Головина А.Е., Катамадзе Н.О., Бондарева Е.В., Сайганов С.А., 2019</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2019</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Берштейн Л.Л., Головина А.Е., Катамадзе Н.О., Бондарева Е.В., Сайганов С.А.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Bershtein L.L., Golovina A.E., Katamadze N.O., Bondareva E.V., Saiganov S.A.</copyright-holder><license xml:lang="ru" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>Данная работа распространяется под лицензией Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.</license-p></license><license xml:lang="en" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.</license-p></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://russjcardiol.elpub.ru/jour/article/view/3001">https://russjcardiol.elpub.ru/jour/article/view/3001</self-uri><abstract><sec><title>Цель</title><p>Цель. Сравнить точность прогнозирования риска фатальных и нефатальных сердечно-сосудистых событий (ССС) на основании расчета по шкале SCORE и ультразвуковой визуализации атеросклеротической бляшки (АСБ) сонных артерий у пациентов без манифестированных атеросклеротических сердечнососудистых заболеваний (АССЗ), находящихся на обследовании в многопрофильном стационаре.</p></sec><sec><title>Материал и методы</title><p>Материал и методы. Обследован 841 пациент (353 мужчин; средний возраст 54,9±8 лет), имеющих хотя бы 1 традиционный фактор сердечно-сосудистого риска, без манифестированных АССЗ. Всем пациентам за время госпитализации выполнено УЗИ сонных артерий. Пациенты с нестенозирующей АСБ составили группу АСБ+, без АСБ — группу АСБ- (356 и 485 человек, соответственно). Медиана времени наблюдения составила 4 г (2-6 лет). В качестве ССС в периоде наблюдения регистрировались: острый коронарный синдром, установленный диагноз хронической ишемической болезни сердца, плановая коронарная реваскуляризация, ишемический инсульт/транзиторная ишемическая атака, сердечная смерть.</p></sec><sec><title>Результаты</title><p>Результаты. Нестенозирующая АСБ сонных артерий была обнаружена у 356 человек (42% обследованных); среди лиц с низким риском SCORE она была выявлена у 64 (23%), с умеренным риском — у 182 (46%).</p><p>За период наблюдения зарегистрировано 127 ССС (частота — 17,8%), из них 84 (66% от общего числа) — в группе АСБ+. Фактическая частота событий значительно превышала расчетную (соотношение фактические/предсказанные события составило 1,6, 5,1 и 79 для высокого, умеренного и низкого риска по SCORE, соответственно). По данным многофакторного регрессионного анализа, ОШ для АСБ как предиктора ССС составило 2,54 (95% ДИ 1,64,04), и было значительно выше показателя шкалы SCORE (1,04 95% ДИ 0,01-1,07). В качестве предиктора ССС, АСБ имела наибольшую ценность в группе низкого риска SCORE (число ССС в группе низкого риска по SCORE 14 среди пациентов с АСБ vs 10 среди пациентов без АСБ, р=0,001).</p></sec><sec><title>Заключение</title><p>Заключение. Применение шкалы SCORE недооценивает фактический риск ССС, особенно, у пациентов с низким и умеренным расчетным риском по SCORE. Визуализация АСБ при ультразвуковом исследовании сонных артерий у таких пациентов существенно точнее прогнозирует риск ССС.</p></sec></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="en"><sec><title>Aim</title><p>Aim. To compare the accuracy of predicting the risk of fatal and non-fatal cardiovascular events (CVE) based on SCORE scaling and ultrasound imaging of carotid atherosclerotic plaque (AP) in patients without manifested atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ACVD) in a multidisciplinary hospital.</p></sec><sec><title>Material and methods</title><p>Material and methods. We examined 841 patients (353 men) (avearage age 54,9±8), with at least 1 traditional cardiovascular risk factor without manifested ACVD. Ultrasound examination of the carotid arteries was performed in all patients. Patients with nonstenotic AP constituted the AP+ group, and without AP — the AP-group (356 and 485 people, respectively). Median of follow-up time was 4 years, (minimum — 2, maximum — 6 years). The endpoints included: a verified diagnosis of acute coronary syndrome, chronic coronary artery disease, planned coronary revascularization, ischemic stroke, and/or transient ischemic attack, cardiac death.</p></sec><sec><title>Results</title><p>Results. Nonstenotic AP of carotid arteries was detected in 352 people (42%), including 64 (23%) in low and 182 (46%) in moderate SCORE risk. 127 CVE (178%) occurred during the follow-up, 84 (66% of the total) of them in the AP+ group. The actual frequency of development of the cumulative endpoint was significantly higher than the calculated rate (the ratio of actua predicted events was 1,6, 5,1 and 79 for high, moderate and low SCORE risk, respectively). According to the multivariate regression analysis, the OR for AP as a predictor of cardiovascular events cardiovascular events CVE was 2,54 (95% CI 1,6-4,04), and was significantly higher than the SCORE index (1,04, 95% CI 0,01-1,07). As a predictor of CVE, AP had the greatest value in the low SCORE risk group (the number of CVE in the low SCORE risk group was14 among patients with AP vs 10 among patients without AP, p=0,001).</p></sec><sec><title>Conclusion</title><p>Conclusion. The use of SCORE scale underestimates the actual risk of CVE especially in patients with low and moderate calculated SCORE risk. Ultrasound visualization of AP of the carotid arteries in these patients predicts the risk of cardiovascular disease much more accurately.</p></sec></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>атеросклеротическая бляшка</kwd><kwd>УЗИ сонных артерий</kwd><kwd>сердечно-сосудистый риск</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>atherosclerotic plaque</kwd><kwd>ultrasound of carotid arteries</kwd><kwd>cardiovascular risk</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front><back><ref-list><title>References</title><ref id="cit1"><label>1</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="ru">Кардиоваскулярная профилактика 2017. Российские национальные рекомендации. Российский кардиологический журнал. 2018;23 (6):7-122. doi:10.15829/1560-4071-2018-6-7-122.</mixed-citation><mixed-citation xml:lang="en">Cardiovascular prevention 2017. National Guidelines. Russian Journal of Cardiology. 2018; (6):7-122. 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