Levin G Z
Zh Nevropatol Psikhiatr Im S S Korsakova. 1979;79(9):1306-11.
The role of essential hypertension in the pathogenesis of cerebral vessel disorders (not only hemorrhagic, but also ischemic) is greater than in the pathogenesis of the heart ischemic disease. An analysis of the evidences left by ancient doctors, when compared with statistical data of our time, gives one grounds to believe that cerebral hemorrhages have been a rather common disease, at least, since the time of the antique civilization of Greece and Rome, whereas ischemic heart disease has become a widespread disease among the population of the developed countries only in our time. This makes it possible to assume that the role of essential hypertension and that of atherosclerosis are not equal in the "diseases of civilization", if the diseases of today's developed society are meant.
原发性高血压在脑血管疾病（不仅是出血性，还有缺血性）发病机制中的作用，比其在心脏缺血性疾病发病机制中的作用更大。将古代医生留下的证据与我们这个时代的统计数据相比较，有理由相信，至少自希腊和罗马的古代文明时期以来，脑出血一直是一种相当常见的疾病，而缺血性心脏病只是在我们这个时代才成为发达国家人群中的一种普遍疾病。这使得我们可以假定，如果指的是当今发达社会的疾病，那么在“文明病”中，原发性高血压和动脉粥样硬化的作用并不相同。
