Association between retinal microcirculation and aortic stiffness in hypertensive patients

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 157, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 370-373

  Katsi, Vasiliki ^a   Vlachopoulos, Charalambos ^a   Souretis, Georgios ^a   Baou, Katerina ^a   Dagalaki, Ioanna ^a   Alexopoulos, Nikolaos ^a   Tousoulis, Dimitris ^a   Hatziyianni, Amalia ^a   Stefanadis, Christodoulos ^a   Kallikazaros, Ioannis ^a  

^a HIPPOKRATION HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Arterial stiffness; Fundoscopy; Hypertension; Hypertensive retinopathy; Pulse wave velocity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; RETINA BLOOD FLOW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTENSIVE RETINOPATHY; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; RETINAL VESSELS; VASCULAR STIFFNESS;

EID: 84861229215     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2010.12.074     Document Type: Article

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