Aim of the study was to determine association between clinical-anamnestic factors and degree of progression of atherosclerotic process in magistral noncocronary arteries during one year after ST-elevation (STE) myocardial infarction (MI).
Material: We included into this study 168 men (mean age 59.5 years) with STEMI subjected during hospitalization to coronary angiography and duplex color scanning of brachiocephalic arteries and main arteries of lower extremities. In a year we performed repeat ultrasound examination of same noncoronary arteries and assessed development of vascular complications.
Results: Greatest degree of atherosclerosis progression in noncoronary arteries was registered in patients older than 60 years, with hypertension, presence of atherosclerotic stenoses in noncoronary vascular beds at initial examination, those who had undergone percutaneous coronary intervention or coronary artery bypass grafting, and patients with higher levels of total and low density lipoprotein cholesterol at examination after 12 months post MI.