Microvascular abnormalities in chronic heart failure: A cross-sectional analysis

Microcirculation

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 471-478

  Houben, Alphons J H M ^a   Beljaars, Jeroen H ^a   Hofstra, Leo ^a   Kroon, Abraham A ^a   De Leeuw, Peter W ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bulbar conjunctiva; Chronic heart failure; Morphology; Morphometry; Nailfold capillaries

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; ANGIOTENSIN; ATRIAL NATRIURETIC FACTOR; CATECHOLAMINE; NEUROHORMONE; RENIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALDOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ANGIOTENSIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CAPILLARY; CATECHOLAMINE BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENSITY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FINGER BLOOD FLOW; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; HYPERTENSION; MICROANGIOPATHY; MICROSCOPY; NAIL BED; OCULAR BLOOD VESSEL; PLASMA RENIN ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASOCONSTRICTION; VENULE;

AGED; BLOOD VOLUME; CAPILLARIES; CARDIAC OUTPUT, LOW; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONJUNCTIVA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; NAILS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE VOLUME; VENULES;

EID: 3442893623     PISSN: 10739688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.mn.7800211     Document Type: Article

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