[The treatment of atherosclerosis and hypertension using extracorporeal therapy methods]

Extracorporeal techniques (hemosorption, plasmapheresis, thrombocytoplasmapheresis, quantum hemotherapy) were studied for their impact on the clinical course of a disease and some hemostatic parameters in 370 patients with cardiovascular diseases (coronary heart disease, hypertensive disease, lower extremity at atherosclerosis obliterans). They were found to be effective in managing patients with atherosclerosis and arterial hypertension who are refractory to the conventional drug therapy. When there was a positive clinical action of therapy, the patients with coronary heart disease were demonstrated to show better parameters of lipid metabolism, immunological status and blood aggregation control system. The hypotensive effect of plasmapheresis in patients with arterial hypertension was followed by a decrease in pressor hormone levels and peripheral vasodilatation.