Vascular inflammation based on the development of atherotrombotic stroke

Authors:
A.V. Romanenko, I.P. Amelina, E.Yu. Soloviev

FGAOU in Russian National Research Medical University named after N.I. Pirogov »Ministry of Health of Russia, Moscow, Russia

Place of publication:
a journal of neurology and psychiatry named after S.S. Korsakova, 2021, T. 121, No. 8, Issue. 2

Summary:
atherotrombotic stroke is one of the most frequent subtypes of ischemic cerebrovascular accident, the cause of which is atherosclerosis of the large arteries of the brain or their branches. The results of the latest studies have shown that the atherosclerotic process is based on inflammatory changes in the vascular wall, leading to the initiation of atherosclerosis, endothelial dysfunction, oxidative stress, and redistributing various protein components in the composition of the hematoencephalic barrier. As a result, the progression of the described conditions leads to the manifestation of clinical symptoms and the formation of an acute vascular event. Understanding the molecular components underlying functional disorders and damage to cerebral vessels provides the key to modern therapy strategies, forming the foundation for adequate, pathogenetically substantiated drug correction. In such patients, it should be aimed at normalizing cerebral and central hemodynamics and taking into account neuroplasticity mechanisms. The drug Mexidol (ethylmethylhydroxypyridine succinate) can be considered as one of the pathogenetically reasonable drugs in complex drug therapy for brain ischemia. Keywords: ischemic stroke, atherosclerosis, vascular inflammation, oxidative stress, endothelial dysfunction, ethylmethylhydroxypirine succinate.