[Detection of concomitant pathology in patients with arterial hypertension by structural and functional changes of erythrocyte membranes].

The values of the Na-Li+ countertransport rate and the degree of monoclonal antibody binding with the erythrocyte membranes were compared in patients with different forms of arterial hypertension (AH) to identify combined pathology and the precursors of surgery effectiveness. Among the 27 examined AH patients 7 underwent surgery in accordance with the initial clinical diagnosis. The membrane tests helped to detect 3 patients with combined pathology: chronic pyelonephritis or chronic diffuse glomerulonephritis in combination with AH. Thus, the membrane tests were found to supplement each other in the assessment of surgery effectiveness and the perspectives for identification of combined pathology in patients with symptomatic AH of renal genesis.