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Atherosclerosis of the thoracic aorta:

1.Aorthalgia (up to several hours or days, periodically weakens and intensifies) Difficulty swallowing due to compression of the esophagus. Hoarseness of the voice due to compression of the recurrent laryngeal nerve.

2.Pulsation in the 2nd intercostal space on the right and in the jugular fossa.

3.Increase in the zone of percussion dullness of the vascular bundle.

4.Systolic murmur.

5.Gradually increasing, mainly systolic, arterial hypertension.

6.Accent II tone on the aorta.

Atherosclerosis of the abdominal aorta:

Pain- in the abdomen of various localization. Linear calcifications in the area of ​​the aortic bifurcation. Leriche's syndrome with lesions of the terminal part of the abdominal region: intermittent claudication, impaired sensitivity and movement in both legs, pale skin, impotence, systolic murmur over the femoral artery, gangrene of the extremities may occur.

Atherosclerosis of the cerebral arteries:

With atherosclerosis of the cerebral arteries - patients with dizziness, headache, noise in the head, a feeling of ringing in the ears, a sharp decrease in memory (the Ribot sign is especially characteristic - poor memory for recent events and good - for events of old years), sleep disturbance.

In patients, the character changes significantly, they become stingy, petty, stingy, irritable, whiny, picky, slovenly, untidy. The appearance of the patients changes significantly: the face becomes low-expressive, amimic, the look becomes dull, a shuffling gait appears.

Cerebral atherosclerosis can be complicated by the development of thrombosis or ischemic stroke.

Atherosclerosis of the renal arteries:

1.Renovascular arterial hypertension with outcome in arteriosclerotic nephrosclerosis and chronic renal failure.

2.Systolic murmur over the renal arteries..

Mesenteric arteries:

Ischemic bowel disease: Abdominal toad, dyspeptic disorders, intestinal necrosis.

Arteries of the lower extremities: Intermittent claudication, pallor, feet are cold, pulsation of the arteries of the lower extremities is reduced, trophic disorders, gangrene.