ASSOCIATIONS OF ARTERIOSCLEROSIS, ATHEROSCLEROSIS, AND ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION IS AN OLD QUESTION IN THE LIGHT OF NEW EVIDENCE

The paper gives data on the history and state-of-the-art of studies of the mechanisms and specific features of development of arteriosclerotic and atherosclerotic changes in blood vessels. It discusses a role of the causes of arteriosclerotic and atherosclerotic vascular changes and the value of their risk factors, as well as the ways and agents that prevent or suppress these changes. The pathogenetic mechanisms of arterial hypertension, which affect the development of arteriosclerotic and atherosclerotic vascular changes, are considered.