AUTHOR=Poznyak Anastasia V. , Sukhorukov Vasily N. , Eremin Ilya I. , Nadelyaeva Irina I. , Orekhov Alexander N. TITLE=Diagnostics of atherosclerosis: Overview of the existing methods JOURNAL=Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine VOLUME=10 YEAR=2023 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/cardiovascular-medicine/articles/10.3389/fcvm.2023.1134097 DOI=10.3389/fcvm.2023.1134097 ISSN=2297-055X ABSTRACT=

Atherosclerosis was and remains an extremely common and serious health problem. Since the elderly are most at risk of cardiovascular risk, and the average life expectancy is increasing, the spread of atherosclerosis and its consequences increases as well. One of the features of atherosclerosis is its asymptomaticity. This factor makes it difficult to make a timely diagnosis. This entails the lack of timely treatment and even prevention. To date, in the arsenal of physicians, there is only a limited set of methods to suspect and fully diagnose atherosclerosis. In this review, we have tried to briefly describe the most common and effective methods for diagnosing atherosclerosis.