The authors examined the intima-media thickness of the common carotid artery in patients with systemic sclerosis. It has been established that this indicator correlates with the age of patients, risk factors and increasing risk groups on the SCORE scale. The above information, that is, early diagnosis of such parameters as the age of patients, risk groups, intimal media thickness, has great prognostic significance in the early detection of cardiovascular risk in patients with systemic sclerosis.