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Покровская Роща, 4</p></bio><bio xml:lang="en"><p>4, Pokrovskaya Rosha St., Astrakhan 414011</p></bio><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6061-8118</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Кулеш</surname><given-names>А. А.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Kulesh</surname><given-names>A. A.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>Алексей Александрович Кулеш</p><p>614990, Пермь, ул. Петропавловская, 26; 614107, Пермь, ул. КИМ, 2</p></bio><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Alexey Alexandrovich Kulesh</p><p>26, Petropavlovskaya St., Perm 614990; 2, KIM St., Perm 614107</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">aleksey.kulesh@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-2"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8376-3104</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Энгиноев</surname><given-names>С. Т.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Enginoev</surname><given-names>S. T.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>414011, Астрахань, ул. Покровская Роща, 4; 414000, Астрахань, ул. Бакинская, 121</p></bio><bio xml:lang="en"><p>4, Pokrovskaya Rosha St., Astrakhan 414011; 121, Bakinskaya St., Astrakhan 414000</p></bio><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-3"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6857-0830</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Рашидова</surname><given-names>Т. К.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Rashidova</surname><given-names>T. K.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>414011, Астрахань, ул. Покровская Роща, 4</p></bio><bio xml:lang="en"><p>4, Pokrovskaya Rosha St., Astrakhan 414011</p></bio><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7097-296X</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Дёмина</surname><given-names>Е. 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Бакинская, 121</p></bio><bio xml:lang="en"><p>4, Pokrovskaya Rosha St., Astrakhan 414011; 121, Bakinskaya St., Astrakhan 414000</p></bio><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-3"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff-1"><aff xml:lang="ru"><institution>ФГБУ «Федеральный центр сердечно-сосудистой хирургии» Минздрава России</institution><country>Россия</country></aff><aff xml:lang="en"><institution>Federal Center for Cardiovascular Surgery, Ministry of Health of Russia</institution><country>Russian Federation</country></aff></aff-alternatives><aff-alternatives id="aff-2"><aff xml:lang="ru"><institution>ФГБОУ ВО «Пермский государственный медицинский университет им. акад. Е.А. Вагнера» Минздрава России; ГАУЗ ПК «Городская клиническая больница №4»</institution><country>Россия</country></aff><aff xml:lang="en"><institution>Acad. E.A. Vagner Perm State Medical University, Ministry of Health of Russia; City Clinical Hospital Four, Perm; 4Astrakhan State Medical University, Ministry of Health of Russia</institution><country>Russian Federation</country></aff></aff-alternatives><aff-alternatives id="aff-3"><aff xml:lang="ru"><institution>ФГБУ «Федеральный центр сердечно-сосудистой хирургии» Минздрава России; ФГБОУ ВО «Астраханский государственный медицинский университет» Минздрава России</institution><country>Россия</country></aff><aff xml:lang="en"><institution>Federal Center for Cardiovascular Surgery, Ministry of Health of Russia; Astrakhan State Medical University, Ministry of Health of Russia</institution><country>Russian Federation</country></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date pub-type="collection"><year>2025</year></pub-date><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>20</day><month>12</month><year>2025</year></pub-date><volume>17</volume><issue>6</issue><fpage>26</fpage><lpage>30</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>Copyright &amp;#x00A9; Mintulaev I.S., Demin D.A., Kulesh A.A., Enginoev S.T., Rashidova T.K., Demina E.V., Shaposhnikova E.I., 2025</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2025</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Минтулаев И.С., Дёмин Д.А., Кулеш А.А., Энгиноев С.Т., Рашидова Т.К., Дёмина Е.В., Шапошникова Е.И.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Mintulaev I.S., Demin D.A., Kulesh A.A., Enginoev S.T., Rashidova T.K., Demina E.V., Shaposhnikova E.I.</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://nnp.ima-press.net/nnp/article/view/2734">https://nnp.ima-press.net/nnp/article/view/2734</self-uri><abstract><p>Aortic stenosis (AS), the prevalence of which increases with age, raises the risk of developing ischaemic stroke (IS), but the risk factors for cerebral ischemic events have not been fully established.</p><sec><title>Objective</title><p>Objective: to evaluate IS predictors in patients with moderate or severe AS, which will help identify high-risk groups and optimise stroke prevention.</p></sec><sec><title>Material and methods</title><p>Material and methods. A retrospective review of data from the hospital information system for case-control analysis was conducted at one of the Federal Centers for Cardiovascular Surgery. Inclusion criteria: moderate or severe AS, patient age ≥18 years. Exclusion criteria: moderate or severe mitral stenosis, moderate or severe mitral regurgitation. Logistic regression was used to determine IS predictors. Odds ratio (OR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI) were calculated for each of the significant risk factors.</p></sec><sec><title>Results</title><p>Results. The study included 208 patients with AS (the main group consisted of 51 patients with a history of IS or transient ischemic attack). The median age of patients was 68 [62.0; 72.0] years, the proportion of men was 53.8%. According to the multivariate analysis, the following predictors of cerebral ischemic events were identified: male gender (OR 2.739; 95% CI 1.048–7.156, p=0.040), extra-, intracranial stenosis &gt;50% (OR 2.488; 95% CI 1.089–5.686, p=0.031), aortic arch atheromas (OR 5.947; 95% CI 1.179–29.994, p=0.031), the result of the CHA2DS2VASc scale with an increase of 1 point (OR 4.030; 95% CI 1.912–8.499, p&lt;0.001).</p></sec><sec><title>Conclusion</title><p>Conclusion. Supra-cardiac atherosclerosis (extraand intracranial atherosclerosis, aortic atheromas) is the main predictor of IS in patients with AS, which determines the need for its assessment in order to optimise patient treatment.</p></sec></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>Аортальный стеноз (АС), распространенность которого увеличивается с возрастом, повышает риск развития ишемического инсульта (ИИ), однако факторы риска развития церебральных ишемических событий до конца не установлены.</p><p>Цель исследования – оценить предикторы ИИ у пациентов с умеренным или тяжелым АС, что поможет определить группу высокого риска и оптимизировать профилактику инсульта.</p><sec><title>Материал и методы</title><p>Материал и методы. Ретроспективный обзор данных из госпитальной информационной системы для анализа «случай-контроль» был проведен в одном из федеральных центров сердечно-сосудистой хирургии. Критерии включения: умеренный или тяжелый АС, возраст пациентов ≥18 лет. Критерии невключения: умеренный или тяжелый митральный стеноз, умеренная или тяжелая митральная недостаточность. Для определения предикторов ИИ использовалась логистическая регрессия. Отношения шансов (ОШ) с 95% доверительными интервалами (ДИ) были рассчитаны для каждого из значимых факторов риска.</p></sec><sec><title>Результаты</title><p>Результаты. В исследование включено 208 пациентов с АС (основную группу составил 51 пациент с анамнезом ИИ или транзиторной ишемической атаки). Медиана возраста пациентов – 68,0 [62,0; 72,0] года, доля мужчин – 53,8%. По данным многофакторного анализа были выявлены следующие предикторы церебральных ишемических событий: мужской пол (ОШ 2,739; 95% ДИ 1,048–7,156; p=0,040), экстра-, интракраниальные стенозы &gt;50% (ОШ 2,488; 95% ДИ 1,089–5,686; p=0,031), атеромы аорты (ОШ 5,947; 95% ДИ 1,179–29,994; p=0,031), результат шкалы CHA2DS2-VASc с увеличением на 1 балл (ОШ 4,030; 95% ДИ 1,912–8,499; p&lt;0,001).</p></sec><sec><title>Заключение</title><p>Заключение. Супракардиальный атеросклероз (экстра-, интракраниальный атеросклероз, атеромы аорты) выступает основным предиктором ИИ у пациентов с АС, что определяет необходимость его оценки для оптимизации лечения пациентов.</p></sec></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>аортальный стеноз</kwd><kwd>инсульт</kwd><kwd>атеротромботический инсульт</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>aortic stenosis</kwd><kwd>stroke</kwd><kwd>atherothrombotic stroke</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group><funding-statement xml:lang="ru">Исследование не имело спонсорской поддержки</funding-statement><funding-statement xml:lang="en">The investigation has not been sponsored</funding-statement></funding-group></article-meta></front><back><ref-list><title>References</title><ref id="cit1"><label>1</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="ru">Фонякин АВ, Гераскина ЛА. Кардиоэмболический инсульт: классификация причин и стратегии профилактики. 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