Open AccessAssociation Between Retinal Vessel Caliber and Arterial Stiffness in a Population Comprised of Normotensive To Early-Stage Hypertensive Individuals
Author(s) -
Αreti Triantafyllou,
Panagiota Anyfanti,
Eleni Gavriilaki,
Xenophon Zabulis,
Εugenia Gkaliagkousi,
K. Petidis,
G. Triantafyllou,
Vasileios Gkolias,
Athina Pyrpasopoulou,
Στέλλα Δούμα
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
american journal of hypertension
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.009
H-Index - 136
eISSN - 1941-7225
pISSN - 0895-7061
DOI - 10.1093/ajh/hpu074
Subject(s) - medicine , arterial stiffness , cardiology , pulse wave velocity , retinal , population , diabetes mellitus , microcirculation , blood pressure , ophthalmology , endocrinology , environmental health
Although impairment of the micro- and macrocirculation is considered inherent to sustained hypertension, there is a substantial lack of studies investigating whether an association exists between micro- and macrovascular damage, especially in early-stage hypertension.
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