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<article article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.3" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xml:lang="ru"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">cardiotomsk</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="ru">Сибирский журнал клинической и экспериментальной медицины</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="en"><trans-title>Siberian Journal of Clinical and Experimental Medicine</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2713-2927</issn><issn pub-type="epub">2713-265X</issn><publisher><publisher-name>TSU publishing</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.29001/2073-8552-2020-35-2-98-105</article-id><article-id custom-type="elpub" pub-id-type="custom">cardiotomsk-982</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="section-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>КЛИНИЧЕСКИЕ ИССЛЕДОВАНИЯ</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="section-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>CLINICAL STUDIES</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>Риск развития хронической сердечной недостаточности у больных гипертонической болезнью в зависимости от истинной жесткости артерий</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="en"><trans-title>The risk of developing chronic heart failure in patients with hypertension depending on the actual arterial stiffness</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0051-6694</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Чернявина</surname><given-names>А. И.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Chernyavina</surname><given-names>A. I.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>канд. мед. наук, доцент кафедры пропедевтики внутренних болезней № 2,</p><p>614990, Пермь, ул. Петропавловская, 26</p></bio><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Cand. Sci. (Med.), Associate Professor, Department of Propaedeutics of Internal Diseases No. 2,</p><p>26, Petropavlovskaya str., Perm, 614990</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">anna_chernyavina@list.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7003-5186</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Козиолова</surname><given-names>Н. А.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Koziolova</surname><given-names>N. A.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>д-р мед. наук, профессор, заведующий кафедрой пропедевтики внутренних болезней № 2,</p><p>614990, Пермь, ул. Петропавловская, 26</p></bio><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Dr. Sci. (Med.), Professor, Head of Department of Propaedeutics of Internal Diseases No. 2,</p><p> 26, Petropavlovskaya str., Perm, 614990</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">nakoziolova@mail.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff-1"><aff xml:lang="ru">Пермский государственный медицинский университет имени академика Е.А. Вагнера Министерства здравоохранения Российской Федерации<country>Россия</country></aff><aff xml:lang="en">Perm State Medical University named after Academician E.A. Wagner<country>Russian Federation</country></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date pub-type="collection"><year>2020</year></pub-date><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>10</day><month>07</month><year>2020</year></pub-date><volume>35</volume><issue>2</issue><fpage>98</fpage><lpage>105</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>Copyright &amp;#x00A9; Чернявина А.И., Козиолова Н.А., 2020</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2020</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Чернявина А.И., Козиолова Н.А.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Chernyavina A.I., Koziolova N.A.</copyright-holder><license 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://www.sibjcem.ru/jour/article/view/982">https://www.sibjcem.ru/jour/article/view/982</self-uri><abstract><sec><title>Цель</title><p>Цель: определить риск развития хронической сердечной недостаточности (ХСН) у больных гипертонической болезнью (ГБ) в зависимости от истинной жесткости артерий.</p></sec><sec><title>Материал и методы</title><p>Материал и методы. В исследование были включены 175 пациентов с ГБ без верифицированного диагноза ХСН. Средний возраст составил 48,5 ± 6,8 лет. Пациентам проводились общеклинические обследования, объемная сфигмоплетизмография с оценкой сердечно-лодыжечно-сосудистого индекса (CAVI, Cardio-ankle vascular index), эхокардиография с оценкой фракции выброса левого желудочка (ФВ ЛЖ), диастолической функции ЛЖ, индекса массы миокарда ЛЖ, индексированного объема левого предсердия, определение концентрации N-терминального фрагмента предшественника мозгового натрийуретического пептида (NT-proBNP) в крови. Пациенты были разделены на две группы в зависимости от индекса CAVI. Первую группу составил 141 (80,6%) пациент с индексом CAVI &lt; 9, 2-ю группу – 34 (19,4%) пациента с индексом СAVI &gt; 9.</p></sec><sec><title>Результаты</title><p>Результаты. У пациентов 1-й группы уровень NT-proBNP составил 0,008 [0,006; 5,770], что было статистически значимо ниже, чем во 2-й группе, где уровень NT-proBNP составил 13,08 [0,01; 350,65] нг/мл (р = 0,041). Показатели отношения шансов (ОШ) и относительного риска (ОР) также были статистически значимыми. Шанс развития ХСН при индексе CAVI &gt; 9 увеличивался почти в 7 раз (ОШ = 6,9; 95% ДИ = 2,8–16,8), а ОР ее развития составлял 4,1 (95% ДИ = 2,2–7,6). Чувствительность и специфичность составили 55,9 и 84,4% соответственно. При проведении корреляционного анализа выявлена прямая, средней степени взаимосвязь между уровнем NТ-proBNP и индексом CAVI (r = 0,35; p &lt; 0,05).</p></sec><sec><title>Заключение</title><p>Заключение. Результаты работы свидетельствуют о том, что у больных ГБ риск развития ХСН, определяемый по повышению концентрации NТ-proBNP в сыворотке крови, зависит от истинной жесткости артерий. Пациенты с индексом CAVI &gt; 9, отражающим увеличение истинной артериальной жесткости, имеют больший риск развития ХСН, оцениваемый по концентрации NТ-proBNP в крови. Оценка влияния артериальной жесткости, регистрируемой в пределах промежуточных значений индекса CAVI, на риск возникновения ХСН требует дальнейшего изучения. </p></sec></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="en"><sec><title>Objective</title><p>Objective. To determine the risk of developing chronic heart failure (CHF) in patients with hypertension (HTN) depending on the actual arterial stiffness.</p></sec><sec><title>Material and Methods</title><p>Material and Methods. The study included 175 patients with HTN without a verified diagnosis of heart failure. The average age was 48.5 ± 6.8 years. Patients underwent general clinical examination, volume sphygmoplethysmography assessments of cardio-ankle vascular index (CAVI), echocardiography study (left ventricular (LV) ejection fraction, LV diastolic function, LV myocardial mass index, indexed LV volume by echocardiography), and tests for serum N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP). Patients were divided into two groups depending on CAVI. Group 1 included 141 (80.6%) patients with CAVI &lt; 9; group 2 included 34 (19.4%) patients with CAVI &gt; 9.</p></sec><sec><title>Results</title><p>Results. In patients of group 1, the level of NT-proBNP was 0.008 [0.006; 5.770], which was significantly lower than the corresponding value in group 2, where the level of NT-proBNP was 13.08 [0.01; 350.65] ng/mL (p = 0.041). Indicators of odds ratio (OR) and relative risk (RR) were also significant. The chance of developing CHF with CAVI &gt; 9 increased by almost 7 times (OR = 6.9; 95% CI = 2.8–16.8), and OR of CHF onset was 4.1 (95% CI = 2.2–7.6). Sensitivity and specificity rates were 55.9% and 84.4%, respectively. Correlation analysis revealed a medium degree of dependence and direct relationships between NT-proBNP level and CAVI values (r = 0.35; p &lt;0.05).</p></sec><sec><title>Conclusion</title><p>Conclusion. Serum level of NT-proBNP depended on the actual arterial stiffness. Patients with CAVI &gt; 9 indicative of an increase in true arterial stiffness had a greater risk of developing heart failure assessed based on the level of NT-proBNP in the blood. Further studies are required to assess the effects of arterial stiffness, registered within the intermediate values of CAVI index, on the risk of heart failure onset. </p></sec></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>риск сердечной недостаточности</kwd><kwd>гипертоническая болезнь</kwd><kwd>сердечно-лодыжечно-сосудистый индекс</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>heart failure risk</kwd><kwd>hypertension</kwd><kwd>cardio-ankle vascular index</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">Мареев В. Ю., Фомин И. В., Агеев Ф. Т. Беграмбекова Ю. Л., Васюк Ю. А., Гарганеева А. А. и др. Клинические рекомендации ОССН – РКО – РНМОТ. Сердечная недостаточность: хроническая (ХСН) и острая декомпенсированная (ОДСН). Диагностика, профилактика и лечение. Кардиология. 2018;58(S6):8–158. 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