Retinal microvascular changes and target organ damage in untreated essential hypertensives

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2095-2102

  Cuspidi, Cesare ^a   Meani, Stefano ^b   Salerno, Maurizio ^b   Fusi, Veronica ^b   Severgnini, Barbara ^b   Valerio, Cristiana ^b   Catini, Eleonora ^b   Esposito, Arturo ^b   Magrini, Fabio ^b   Zanchetti, Alberto ^b  

^a Ctro Fisiol Clinica e Ipertensione   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Hypertension; Retinal changes; Target organ damage

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; MALE; MICROALBUMINURIA; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETINA ARTERY; RETINA BLOOD FLOW; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; RETINA DISEASE; RETINOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 7744228252     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004872-200411000-00010     Document Type: Article

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