Determination of retinal blood vessel diameters and arteriovenous ratios in systemic hypertension: Comparison of different calculation formulae

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 245, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 8-17

  Hemminki, Virpi ^a   Kähönen, Mika ^a,b   Tuomisto, Martti T ^a,b   Turjanmaa, Väinö ^a,b   Uusitalo, Hannu ^c,d  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^d KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Arteriovenous ratio; Fundus photography; Generalized arteriolar narrowing; Systemic hypertension

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE FUNDUS; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROANGIOPATHY; OPTIC DISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RETINA ARTERY; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; RETINA VEIN;

ADULT; ARTERIOLES; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MIDDLE AGED; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RETINAL ARTERY; RETINAL DISEASES; RETINAL VEIN; VENULES;

EID: 34248682411     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-006-0358-7     Document Type: Article

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