Letter by Triantafyllou et al regarding article, "mild retinopathy is a risk factor for cardiovascular

Circulation

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Triantafyllou, Areti ^a   Anyfanti, Panagiota ^a   Doumas, Michael ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMLODIPINE; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ATENOLOL;

BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EYE EXAMINATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTENSION RETINOPATHY; JAPANESE; LETTER; MORTALITY; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTENSIVE RETINOPATHY; MALE;

EID: 84863616395     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.111.088518     Document Type: Letter

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