Comparative characteristics of hemodynamics in the right and left main arteries in elderly patients with hypertension and its change in complex treatment involving physical training

Abstract

The aim of the following work was to study the hemodynamics in symmetric main arteries (MA) and its changes in elderly patients with arterial hypertension (AH) under the complex treatment involving physical training (PT).Materials and methods. The study included 122 hypertensive patients aged 60-90 years (76,8 ± 1,3 years). Common carotid (CCA), femoral (FA) and the shoulder (SA) arteries with the definition of velocity and volumetric hemodynamic parameters in them were examined using complex dopplerography.Results. In elder hypertensive patients the MA were increased in comparison with healthy intima-media and the diameter of the arteries at lower speed and volume of blood flow indices mainly in the CCA. Drug treatment of several patients improved these figures only in the FA and SA. PT, when included in the medical complex of elderly patients with hypertension proved to have positively influenced the hemodynamics not only in the FA and SA, but in the CCA as well.Conclusion. Complex treatment of elderly hypertensive patients using PT improves blood circulation of the limbs and brain, increasing the oxygen supply of the latter.

Keywords

• older age
• hypertension
• main artery hemodynamics
• physical training