Retinal Vascular Caliber and Brachial Flow-Mediated Dilation

Autor: Nguyen, Thanh T., Islam, F.M. Amirul, Farouque, H.M. Omar, Klein, Ronald, Klein, Barbara E.K., Cotch, Mary Frances, Herrington, David M., Wong, Tien Yin
Zdroj: Stroke (Ovid); July 2010, Vol. 41 Issue: 7 p1343-1348, 6p
Abstrakt: Retinal vascular caliber changes have been shown to predict stroke, but the underlying mechanism of this association is unknown. We examined the relationship between retinal vascular caliber with brachial flow-mediated dilation (FMD), a measure of systemic endothelial function.
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