Influence of blood flow on arteriolar wall-to-lumen ratio in the human retinal circulation in vivo

Microvascular Research

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 111-117

  Ritt, Martin ^a   Harazny, Joanna M ^a,b   Ott, Christian ^a   Raff, Ulrike ^a   Lehmann, Marina ^a   Michelson, Georg ^a   Schmieder, Roland E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARMIA AND MAZURY IN OLSZTYN   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

N(G) METHYLARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE;

ADULT; ARTERIOLE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL PARAMETERS; CAPILLARY FLOW; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IN VIVO STUDY; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA ARTERY; RETINA BLOOD FLOW; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; VASODILATATION; WALL TO LUMEN RATIO;

ADULT; ARTERIOLES; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CAPILLARIES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GERMANY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; LIGHT; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; OMEGA-N-METHYLARGININE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RETINAL VESSELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; VASODILATION;

EID: 84856805495     PISSN: 00262862     EISSN: 10959319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mvr.2011.10.002     Document Type: Article

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