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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="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">rpcardio</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">Rational Pharmacotherapy in Cardiology</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Рациональная Фармакотерапия в Кардиологии</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">1819-6446</issn><issn pub-type="epub">2225-3653</issn><publisher><publisher-name>«SILICEA-POLIGRAF» LLC</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.20996/1819-6446-2011-7-6-690-697</article-id><article-id custom-type="elpub" pub-id-type="custom">rpcardio-958</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="en"><subject>ORIGINAL STUDIES</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="section-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>ОРИГИНАЛЬНЫЕ ИССЛЕДОВАНИЯ</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>MITRAL ANNULAR CALCIFICATION IN ELDERLY PATIENTS. CLINICAL AND ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>КАЛЬЦИНОЗ КОЛЬЦА МИТРАЛЬНОГО КЛАПАНА У ПОЖИЛЫХ БОЛЬНЫХ. КЛИНИКО-ЭХОКАРДИОГРАФИЧЕСКАЯ ХАРАКТЕРИСТИКА</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Чипигина</surname><given-names>Н. С.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Chipigina</surname><given-names>N. S.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>к.м.н., доцент кафедры факультетской терапии</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">Chipigina-Natalia56@yandex.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Урвачева</surname><given-names>Г. М.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Urvacheva</surname><given-names>G. M.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>зав. поликлиническим отделением</p></bio><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-2"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Шостак</surname><given-names>Н. А.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Shostak</surname><given-names>N. A.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>д.м.н., профессор, зав. кафедрой факультетской терапии</p></bio><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Житарева</surname><given-names>И. В.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Zhitareva</surname><given-names>I. V.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>к.м.н., доцент кафедры медицинской кибернетики и информатики</p></bio><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Житомирская</surname><given-names>И. Ю.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Zhitomirskaya</surname><given-names>I. Yu.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>врач функциональной диагностики</p></bio><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-3"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff-1"><aff xml:lang="ru"><institution>Российский национальный исследовательский медицинский университет им. Н.И. Пирогова</institution><country>Россия</country></aff><aff xml:lang="en"><institution>Russian National Research Medical University named after NI Pirogov</institution><country>Russian Federation</country></aff></aff-alternatives><aff-alternatives id="aff-2"><aff xml:lang="ru"><institution>Центр Диагностики и Реабилитации, филиал «Газпром трансгаз Москва»</institution><country>Россия</country></aff><aff xml:lang="en"><institution>Center of Diagnostic and Rehabilitation, Branch of “Gazprom Transgaz Moscow"</institution><country>Russian Federation</country></aff></aff-alternatives><aff-alternatives id="aff-3"><aff xml:lang="ru"><institution>Городская поликлиника №141</institution><country>Россия</country></aff><aff xml:lang="en"><institution>Municipal outpatient clinic N141</institution><country>Russian Federation</country></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date pub-type="collection"><year>2011</year></pub-date><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>21</day><month>01</month><year>2016</year></pub-date><volume>7</volume><issue>6</issue><fpage>690</fpage><lpage>697</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>Copyright &amp;#x00A9; Chipigina N.S., Urvacheva G.M., Shostak N.A., Zhitareva I.V., Zhitomirskaya I.Y., 2016</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2016</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Чипигина Н.С., Урвачева Г.М., Шостак Н.А., Житарева И.В., Житомирская И.Ю.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Chipigina N.S., Urvacheva G.M., Shostak N.A., Zhitareva I.V., Zhitomirskaya I.Y.</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://www.rpcardio.online/jour/article/view/958">https://www.rpcardio.online/jour/article/view/958</self-uri><abstract><p>Background. The clinical significance of idiopathic mitral annular calcification (MAC) often diagnosed by echocardiography in elderly patients currently is not sufficiently studied. Aim. To study the clinical and echocardiographic characteristics of the cardiovascular system in patients with MAC aged 65 and older without diabetes mellitus and renal failure. Material and methods. Study included 100 patients with MAC, consecutively identified by 2D transthoracic echocardiography performed with relation to cardiovascular disease symptoms in 910 outpatients aged 65 years or older; the comparison group included 65 of consecutively studied patients without MAC. Results. Patients with MAC were older than patients without MAC (72.4±5.4 years vs 70.2±4.3 years; p&lt;0.05) and had higher frequency of moderate or severe hypertension (99.0% vs 90.8%, p&lt;0.05), myocardial infarction (adjusted incidence rate [AIR] 1.72; 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.12-2.55; р&lt;0.05) and heart conduction disorders (AIR 3.25; 95%CI 2.45 to 4.30; р&lt;0.05). At the same time the age-adjusted frequency of ischemic heart disease (AIR 1.12; 95%CI 0.9-1.39; р&gt;0.05) and atrial fibrillation (AIR 0.94; 95%CI 0.52-1.56; р&gt;0.05) was not significantly different in patients with and without MAC. Multivariate analysis adjusted for age and total cholesterol level obtained significant associations of MAC presence with symptomatic atherosclerotic peripheral arterial disease (p &lt;0.001; ß=0.410). The frequency of stroke in patients with and without MAC did not differ (p&gt;0.05). In the group of patients with MAC as compared to patients without MAC echocardiographic evaluation showed higher incidence of mitral regurgitation (AIR 1.51; 95%CI 1.21-1.82; p&lt;0.05), left atrium increased size (AIR 1.68; 95%CI 1.27-2.23; p&lt;0.05), concentric left ventricular hypertrophy (AIR 2.15; 95%CI 1.67-2.75; p&lt;0.05), mitral valve thickening (100.0% vs 30.7%, p &lt;0.001), aortic valve calcification (49% vs 0%, p &lt;0.001), aortic regurgitation 1-2 degree (67.0% vs 13.9%, p &lt;0.001). Conclusion. The study revealed some echocardiographic and clinical features associated with the MAC in elderly patients.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>Актуальность. Клиническое значение идиопатического кальциноза кольца митрального клапана (КМК), часто диагностируемого при эхокардиографическом исследовании (ЭхоКГ) у пожилых больных, изучено недостаточно. Цель. Изучить клинические и эхокардиографические характеристики состояния сердечно-сосудистой системы у больных c КМК в возрасте от 65 лет и старше без сахарного диабета и почечной недостаточности. Материал и методы. В исследование были включены 100 больных с КМК, последовательно выявленных при трансторакальном 2ДЭхо-КГ исследовании, проведенном в связи с симптомами сердечно-сосудистых заболеваний среди 910 амбулаторных больных в возрасте от 65 лет и старше; 65 из последовательно обследованных больных, у которых не было выявлено КМК, составили группу сравнения. Результаты. Больные с КМК были старше больных без КМК (72,4±5,4 года в сравнении с 70,2±4,3; p&lt;0,05); у них чаще, чем у больных без КМК, наблюдали артериальную гипертензию средней и тяжелой степени (99,0% по сравнению с 90,8%; р&lt;0,05); у них была выше частота перенесенного инфаркта миокарда (стандартизованное отношение заболеваемости [СОЗ] 1,72; 95% доверительный интервал [ДИ] 1,12-2,55; р&lt;0,05) и нарушений внутрисердечной проводимости (СОЗ 3,25; 95%ДИ 2,45-4,30; р&lt;0,05). В то же время частота ишемической болезни сердца (СОЗ 1,12; 95%ДИ 0,9-1,39; р&gt;0,05) и фибрилляции предсердий (СОЗ 0,94; 95%ДИ 0,52-1,56; р&gt;0,05) после стандартизации по возрасту у больных с КМК и без КМК достоверно не отличались. При многофакторном анализе с учетом возраста и уровня общего холестерина получена достоверная связь наличия КМК с клинически выраженным атеросклерозом периферических артерий (р&lt;0,001; ß=0,410). Частота перенесенного инсульта в группах больных с КМК и без КМК достоверно не различалась (р&lt;0,05). В группе больных с КМК по сравнению с больными без КМК при эхокардиографической оценке была выше частота митральной регургитации (СОЗ 1,51; 95%ДИ 1,21-1,82; р&lt;0,05), увеличения размера левого предсердия (СОЗ 1,68; 95%ДИ 1,27-2,23; р&lt;0,05) и концентрической гипертрофии левого желудочка (СОЗ 2,15; 95%ДИ 1,67-2,75, р&lt;0,05); чаще диагностировали утолщение створок митрального клапана (у 100% в сравнении с 30,7%; р&lt;0,001), кальциноз аортального клапана (у 49,0% в сравнении с 0%; р&lt;0,001), аортальную регургитацию 1-2 степени (у 67% в сравнении с 13,9%; р&lt;0,001). Заключение. Выявлены некоторые закономерности изменений эхокардиографических показателей и особенности клиники, связанные с КМК у пожилых больных.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>кальциноз кольца митрального клапана</kwd><kwd>ишемическая болезнь сердца</kwd><kwd>эхокардиография</kwd><kwd>митральная регургитация</kwd><kwd>ремоделирование левого желудочка</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>mitral annular calcification</kwd><kwd>ischemic heart disease</kwd><kwd>echocardiography</kwd><kwd>mitral regurgitation</kwd><kwd>left ventricular remodeling</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">Movahed M., Saito Y., Ahmadi-Kashani M., Ebrahimi R. Mitral annulus calcification is associated with valvular and cardiac structural abnormalities. 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