Relationship between media-to-lumen ratio of subcutaneous small arteries and wall-to-lumen ratio of retinal arterioles evaluated noninvasively by scanning laser Doppler flowmetry

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1169-1175

  Rizzoni, Damiano ^a   Porteri, Enzo ^a   Duse, Sarah ^a   De Ciuceis, Carolina ^a   Rosei, Claudia Agabiti ^a   La Boria, Elisa ^a   Semeraro, Francesco ^a   Costagliola, Ciro ^b   Sebastiani, Adolfo ^c   Danzi, Paola ^a   Tiberio, Guido A M ^a   Giulini, Stefano M ^a   Docchio, Franco ^a   Sansoni, Giovanna ^a   Sarkar, Annamaria ^a   Rosei, Enrico Agabiti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MOLISE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

microcirculation; remodeling; retina; retinal arterioles; scanning laser Doppler flowmetry; small resistance arteries

Indexed keywords

ARTERY; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EYE FUNDUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MYOGRAPHY; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT;

EID: 84861043944     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: 14735598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0b013e328352f81d     Document Type: Article

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