METHOD OF ESTIMATING SEVERITY OF ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION IN PATIENTS WITH RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS Russian patent published in 2014 - IPC G01N33/48 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to medicine, namely to cardiovascular diseases, and can be used for estimation of severity of endothelial dysfunction in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Essence of method is based on determination of complex of parameters, ranges (R) of values of which are used for assigning diagnostic coefficients (DC). After that, DC values are summed up to obtain value of diagnostic index (DI). If its value is lower or equals minus 50, absence of ED is determined, if its value is higher than minus 50 or equals 0, indefinite state is determined, if its value is higher than 0 and lower than 40, initial manifestations of ED are determined, if its value is higher or equals 40, expressed endothelial dysfunction is determined.

EFFECT: application of invention makes it possible to differentiate severity of endothelial dysfunction, specify tactics of patient managing and achieve higher therapeutic effect.

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