Wall-to-lumen ratio of retinal arterioles is related with urinary albumin excretion and altered vascular reactivity to infusion of the nitric oxide synthase inhibitor N-monomethyl-L-arginine

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2201-2208

  Ritt, Martin ^a   Harazny, Joanna M ^a,b   Ott, Christian ^a   Schneider, Markus P ^a   Schlaich, Markus P ^c   Michelson, Georg ^a   Schmieder, Roland E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b Fac Vet Med Univ Olsztyn U   (Poland)

^c BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Retinal arteriolar remodelling; Urinary albumin excretion; Vascular reactivity

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; N(G) METHYLARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIOLE; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; AUGMENTATION INDEX; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA ARTERY; URINARY EXCRETION;

EID: 73249131981     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0b013e32833013fd     Document Type: Article

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