Quantification of topological changes in retinal vascular architecture in essential and malignant hypertension

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 889-894

  Hughes, Alun D ^a,f   Martinez Perez, Elena ^b   Jabbar, Abu Sufian ^a   Hassan, Assif ^a   Witt, Nick W ^a   Mistry, Paresh D ^a   Chapman, Neil ^a   Stanton, Alice V ^a,c   Beevers, Gareth ^d   Pedrinelli, Roberto ^e   Parker, Kim H ^a   Thom, Simon A McG ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

^d Department of Medicine ^*  (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^f ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hypertension; Image analysis; Malignant hypertension; Microcirculation; Retina

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIOLE; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CAMERA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MALIGNANT HYPERTENSION; MICROVASCULATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETINA BLOOD FLOW; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; SPHYGMOMANOMETER; TARGET ORGAN; TOPOGRAPHY; VENULE;

EID: 33646357510     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.hjh.0000222759.61735.98     Document Type: Article

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