Terapevticheskii arkhivTerapevticheskii arkhivТерапевтический архив0040-36602309-5342LLC Obyedinennaya Redaktsiya30764Editorial articleПередовая статьяBaroreflex sensitivity in patients with chronic heart failure: the clinical significance and impact of therapyЧУВСТВИТЕЛЬНОСТЬ БАРОРЕФЛЕКСА У БОЛЬНЫХ С ХРОНИЧЕСКОЙ СЕРДЕЧНОЙ НЕДОСТАТОЧНОСТЬЮ: КЛИНИЧЕСКОЕ ЗНАЧЕНИЕ И ВЛИЯНИЕ ТЕРАПИИNepoklonovMikhail ViktorovichНепоклоновМихаил Викторович

аспирант, отд. заболеваний миокарда и сердечной недостаточности, Институт клинической кардиологии им. А. Л. Мясникова, ФГУ РКНПК Росмедтехнологий, тел.: 8-495-414-61-46; ФГУ Российский кардиологический научно-производственный комплекс Росмедтехнологий

lesstalkmorerock@mail.ruRogozaAnatoliy NikolaevichРогозаАнатолий Николаевич

д-р биол. наук, проф., рук. отд. новых методов диагностики, Институт клинической кардиологии им. А. Л. Мясникова, ФГУ РКНПК Росмедтехнологий, тел.: 8-495-414-63-58; ФГУ Российский кардиологический научно-производственный комплекс Росмедтехнологий

SkvortsovAndrey AleksandrovichСкворцовАндрей Александрович

д-р мед. наук, вед. науч. сотр., отд. заболеваний миокарда и сердечной недостаточности, Институт клинической кардиологии им. А. Л. Мясникова, ФГУ РКНПК Росмедтехнологий, тел.: 8-495-414-60-41; ФГУ Российский кардиологический научно-производственный комплекс Росмедтехнологий

GorievaShurat BodzievnaГориеваШурат Бодзиевна

канд. мед. наук, науч. сотр., отд. новых методов диагностики, Институт клинической кардиологии им. А. Л. Мясникова, ФГУ РКНПК Росмедтехнологий, тел.: 8-495-414-65-29; ФГУ Российский кардиологический научно-производственный комплекс Росмедтехнологий

TereshchenkoSergey NikolaevichТерещенкоСергей Николаевич

д-р мед. наук, проф., рук. отд. заболеваний миокарда и сердечной недостаточности, Институт клинической кардиологии им. А. Л. Мясникова, ФГУ РКНПК Росмедтехнологий, тел.: 8-495-414-61-17; ФГУ Российский кардиологический научно-производственный комплекс Росмедтехнологий

NepoklonovM V

Russian Cardiology Research-and-Production Complex, Russian Agency for Medical Technologies

RogozaA N

Russian Cardiology Research-and-Production Complex, Russian Agency for Medical Technologies

SkvortsovA A

Russian Cardiology Research-and-Production Complex, Russian Agency for Medical Technologies

GoriyevaSh B

Russian Cardiology Research-and-Production Complex, Russian Agency for Medical Technologies

TereshchenkoS N

Russian Cardiology Research-and-Production Complex, Russian Agency for Medical Technologies

ФГУ Российский кардиологический научно-производственный комплекс РосмедтехнологийRussian Cardiology Research-and-Production Complex, Russian Agency for Medical Technologies151220108212NO12 (2010)ТОМ 82, №12 (2010)738009042020Copyright ©; 2010, Consilium MedicumCopyright ©; 2010, ООО "Консилиум Медикум"2010Consilium MedicumООО "Консилиум Медикум"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0https://ter-arkhiv.ru/0040-3660/article/view/30764

The review deals with the baroreflex regulation of circulation in chronic heart failure (CHF). The pathophysiological aspects of development of dysfunction of the baroreflex clinically estimated from its sensitivity are presented; the clinical value of this indicator is discussed in relation to the etiology of the underlying disease and clinicohemodynamic status. Data on the impact of some components of current therapy for CHF and nondrug treatments on the values of baroreflex sensitivity are shown.

Обзор посвящен состоянию барорефлекторной регуляции кровообращения при хронической сердечной недостаточности (ХСН). Представлены патофизиологические аспекты формирования барорефлекторной дисфункции, клинически оцениваемой по чувствительности барорефлекса, обсуждается клиническое значение этого показателя в зависимости от этиологии основного заболевания и клинико-гемодинамического статуса. Отражены данные о влиянии на показатели чувствительности барорефлекса отдельных компонентов современной терапии ХСН и немедикаментозных методов лечения.

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