Impaired increase of retinal capillary blood flow to flicker light exposure in arterial hypertension

Hypertension

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 871-876

  Ritt, Martin ^a   Harazny, Joanna M ^a,b   Ott, Christian ^a   Raff, Ulrike ^a   Bauernschubert, Philipp ^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

arterial hypertension; capillary blood flow; nitric oxide; retina; vasodilatory properties

Indexed keywords

N(G) METHYLARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IN VIVO STUDY; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA BLOOD FLOW; RETINA CAPILLARY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAPILLARIES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENZYME INHIBITORS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; LIGHT; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; OMEGA-N-METHYLARGININE; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RETINAL VESSELS;

EID: 84865487913     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: 15244563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.112.192666     Document Type: Article

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