Evaluation of the microcirculation in hypertension and cardiovascular disease

European Heart Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 23, 2007, Pages 2834-2840

  Struijker Boudier, Harry A J ^a   Rosei, Agabiti E ^b   Bruneval, Patrick ^c   Camici, Paolo G ^d   Christ, Frank ^e   Henrion, Daniel ^f   Lévy, Bernard I ^g   Pries, Axel ^h   Vanoverschelde, Jean Luc ⁱ  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^c HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^f INSERM   (France)

^g HÔPITAL LARIBOISIÈRE   (France)

^h FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF LOUVAIN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Intravital microscopy; Magnetic resonance imaging; Microcirculation; Myocardial contrast echocardiography; Orthogonal polarization spectral imaging; Positron emission tomography

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA N 13; INDAPAMIDE; PERINDOPRIL; WATER O 15;

AORTA STENOSIS; BLOOD FLOWMETRY; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ERYTHROCYTE; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTRAVITAL MICROSCOPY; ISOLATED ARTERY; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; LOW DRUG DOSE; MICROCIRCULATION; MICROSCOPY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOCHEMISTRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; VEIN OCCLUSION PLETHYSMOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CORONARY CIRCULATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIOVASCULAR; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MICROCIRCULATION;

EID: 36849006009     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehm448     Document Type: Review

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