Retinal vascular signs: A window to the heart?;Manifestaciones vasculares retinianas: ¿reflejan el estado del corazón?

Revista Espanola de Cardiologia

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 515-521

  Liew, Gerald ^a   Wang, Jie Jin ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coronary heart disease; Imaging; Microvasculature; Syndrome X

Indexed keywords

ARTERIOLE; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; FRAMINGHAM RISK SCORE; HEART; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MICROCIRCULATION; MICROVASCULATURE; PREDICTION; RETINA; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; RISK FACTOR; VEIN DILATATION;

CARDIOVASCULAR AGENTS; CORONARY DISEASE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MICROCIRCULATION; RETINAL VESSELS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 79958195500     PISSN: 03008932     EISSN: 15792242     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.recesp.2011.02.014     Document Type: Article

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