Retinal microvascular abnormalities and their relationship with hypertension, cardiovascular disease, and mortality

Survey of Ophthalmology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 59-80

  Wong, Tien Yin ^a,b,c,d   Klein, Ronald ^a   Klein, Barbara E K ^a   Tielsch, James M ^c   Hubbard, Larry ^a   Nieto, F Javier ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Arteriosclerosis; Arteriovenous nicking; Atherosclerosis; Cardiovascular disease; Hypertension; Ischemic heart disease; Retinal arteriolar narrowing; Retinal arteriovenous ratio; Retinal microvascular abnormalities; Retinal photographic grading; Retinopathy; Stroke

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTERY DIAMETER; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMAGING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINOPATHY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STROKE;

EID: 0034866379     PISSN: 00396257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0039-6257(01)00234-X     Document Type: Article

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