Temporal changes in retinal microvascular caliber and blood pressure during pregnancy

Hypertension

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 880-885

  Lupton, Samantha J ^a   Chiu, Christine L ^a   Hodgson, Lauren A B ^b   Tooher, Jane ^c   Lujic, Sanja ^a   Ogle, Robert ^c   Wong, Tien ^b,d   Hennessy, Annemarie ^a   Lind, Joanne M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

blood pressure; imaging; microcirculation; pregnancy; retina

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CENTRAL RETINAL ARTERIOLAR EQUIVALENT; CENTRAL RETINAL VENULAR EQUIVALENT; DELIVERY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NULLIPARA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; RETINA IMAGE; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATATION;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MICROVESSELS; PREGNANCY; REFERENCE VALUES; RETINA; RETINAL VESSELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84875223388     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: 15244563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.111.00698     Document Type: Article

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