Ionizing radiation effect on the structural changes of the main brain arteries in patients with discirculatory encephalopathy

Abstract

242 patients with discirculatory encephalopathy were examined: 120 of them were the liquidators of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster and 122 patients were without radiation anamnesis. We studied the variants of structural changes of the main brain arteries by ultrasonic scanning. We arrived at a conclusion that that liquidators of the Chernobyl APP had an acute form of main brain arteries’ affection. Radiation effect correlates with the significant hemodynamics stenosis of the internal carotid artery (r = 0,5; р < 0,05).