Quantification of retinal capillary density and flow velocity in patients with essential hypertension

Hypertension

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1994, Pages 464-467

  Wolf, Sebastian ^a   Arend, Oliver ^a   Schulte, Karin ^a   Ittel, Thomas H ^a   Reim, Martin ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

blood flow velocity; hypertension, essential; microcirculation; retina; retinal vessels

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CAPILLARY DENSITY; CAPILLARY FLOW; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION RETINOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA BLOOD FLOW; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; RETINA CAPILLARY;

EID: 0028293306     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.HYP.23.4.464     Document Type: Article

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