Microvascular structure and network in the retina of patients with ischemic stroke

Stroke

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 2121-2127

  Ong, Yi Ting ^a,b,c   De Silva, Deidre A ^d   Cheung, Carol Y ^a,c,e   Chang, Hui Meng ^d   Chen, Christopher P ^b,f   Wong, Meng Cheong ^d   Wong, Tien Yin ^a,c   Ikram, Mohammad Kamran ^a,c,f,g  

^a SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d NATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^e DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

^f NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (Singapore)

^g ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

imaging; ischemic microvascular dysfunction; stroke

Indexed keywords

DANAPAROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOEMBOLIC STROKE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EYE FUNDUS; FEMALE; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LACUNAR STROKE; LARGE ARTERY STROKE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; RETINOGRAPHY; RETINOPATHY; SMOKING; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS;

IMAGING; ISCHEMIC MICROVASCULAR DYSFUNCTION; STROKE;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MICROVESSELS; MIDDLE AGED; RETINA; RETINAL VESSELS; RETINOSCOPY; RISK FACTORS; SINGAPORE; STROKE;

EID: 84880798673     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.113.001741     Document Type: Article

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