Retinal microvasculature as a model to study the manifestations of hypertension

Hypertension

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1094-1103

  Cheung, Carol Yim Lui ^a,b,c   Ikram, M Kamran ^a,b,c,d   Sabanayagam, Charumathi ^a,b,c   Wong, Tien Yin ^a,b  

^a SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

^d ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

clinical science; microcirculation; microvasculature; retina; retinal vascular imaging

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ARTERY DIAMETER; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CAPILLARY FLOW; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CATARACT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE MARKER; FRAMINGHAM RISK SCORE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION RETINOPATHY; IMAGING SYSTEM; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LACUNAR STROKE; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MASKED HYPERTENSION; MEASUREMENT; MICROALBUMINURIA; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; OXIMETER; OXYGEN SATURATION; PATHOGENESIS; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESISTANCE BLOOD VESSEL; RETINA ARTERY; RETINA BLOOD FLOW; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; RETINA EXAMINATION; RETINA VEIN; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT; VEIN DIAMETER; WHITE COAT HYPERTENSION;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTENSIVE RETINOPATHY; KIDNEY DISEASES; MICROVESSELS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RETINAL VESSELS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84868208401     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: 15244563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.111.189142     Document Type: Review

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