METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE DEGREE OF ATHEROSCLEROTIC LESION OF THE VESSELS OF THE BASE OF THE BRAIN Russian patent published in 2021 - IPC A61B5/00 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to the field of medicine, namely to pathological anatomy and forensic medical examination. A postmortem determination of the degree of atherosclerotic lesion of the vessels of the base of the brain is carried out by visual assessment of the condition of the vessels that participate in the formation of the arterial (Willis) circle. The area of atherosclerotic lesion of the right and left anterior cerebral artery, right and left middle cerebral artery with intracranial fragments of internal carotid arteries, right and left posterior cerebral artery and basilar artery together with intracranial fragments of vertebral arteries are examined. Visual assessment of vessels is carried out in points, in a single complex without preliminary dissection of vessels.

EFFECT: method increases the objectivity of diagnosing the degree of atherosclerotic lesion of the vessels of the base of the brain due to a point assessment of the condition of the vessels in a single complex without first dissecting them.

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