Wall-to-lumen ratio of retinal arterioles: A reproducible, valid and noninvasive approach for evaluation of early arteriolar changes in arterial hypertension in vivo

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1108-1110

  Schmieder, Roland E ^a   Ritt, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ARTERIOLE; ARTERIOLOSCLEROSIS; ARTERY; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DIABETES MELLITUS; EVALUATION; EVENT FREE SURVIVAL; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERALDOSTERONISM; HYPERTENSION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTIMA; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NOTE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RENOVASCULAR HYPERTENSION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SMOKING; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VALIDATION STUDY;

EID: 84861033307     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: 14735598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0b013e328353f85a     Document Type: Note

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