“…Duplex scanning of extra-and intracranial vessels of the brain was carried out with the help of stenosis and deformation of the vessels of the head and neck, their hemodynamic significance, thickness and uniformity of the intima-media complex, and the presence of atherosclerotic changes were identified. To evaluate the patients' cognitive functions, a short scale for assessing the mental status of MMSE was used -Mini-mental State Examination (determining orientation in time and place, state of short-term, long-term memory, language function, gnosis, praxis) [12]. According to MMSE, 29-30 points were evaluated as the absence of cognitive impairment, 27-28 points -mild cognitive impairment, 24-26 -moderate cognitive impairment, 20-23 points -the initial stage of dementia, <20 -expressed stages of dementia.…”