Science and Innovations in MedicineScience and Innovations in Medicine2500-13882618-754XFSBEI of Higher Education SamSMU of Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation11074410.35693/2500-1388-2022-7-3-160-163Research ArticleCorrelation between morphological and biomechanical features and carotid atherosclerosisGavrilenkoAleksandr V.<p>Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, PhD, Professor, Head of the Department of vascular surgery</p>a.v.gavrilenko@mail.ruhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-7267-7369NikolenkoVladimir N.<p>PhD, Professor, Head of the Department of human anatomy</p>vn.nikolenko@yandex.ruhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-9532-9957Al-YusefNadim N.<p>PhD, Vascular Surgeon of Vascular Surgery Department</p>nadeem@yandex.ruhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-3891-1099ZharikovaTatyana S.<p>PhD, Senior lecturer of the Department of human anatomy</p>dr_zharikova@mail.ruhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-6842-1520BulatovaLiliya R.<p>postgraduate student of Vascular Surgery Department</p>lilusha-bulatova@mail.ruhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-4264-1303LiZhi<p>postgraduate student of Vascular Surgery Department</p>li-zhi@mail.ruhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-2062-8463Petrovsky National Research Centre of SurgerySechenov First Moscow State Medical University04092022731601630309202203092022Copyright © 2022, Gavrilenko A.V., Nikolenko V.N., Al-Yusef N.N., Zharikova T.S., Bulatova L.R., Li Z.2022<p>The main cause of ischemic stroke is the atherosclerotic lesions of the carotid arteries. Unlike other arteries, carotid arteries have unique anatomical structure and hemodynamic characteristics, which are significantly related to the occurrence of atherosclerosis.</p>
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