Correlation between Flicker-Induced Retinal Vessel Vasodilatation and Plasma Biomarkers of Endothelial Dysfunction in Hypertensive Patients.

Anna MachalińskaEwa Pius-SadowskaKatarzyna BabiakAnna SałackaKrzysztof SafranowMiłosz Piotr KawaBogusław Machaliński

Published in: Current eye research (2017)

Our results indicate that DVA directly reflects the actual metabolic status of the retinal endothelium. DVA might be used as an early noninvasive screening tool to detect vascular dysregulation and pan-endothelial dysfunction in patients with HT.

Keyphrases

hypertensive patients
optical coherence tomography
blood pressure
diabetic retinopathy
optic nerve
high glucose
nitric oxide
diabetic rats
endothelial cells
oxidative stress