Profile of Hypertensive Retinopathy in a Tertiary Centre in Western Nepal
Journal of Gandaki Medical College, 2019 Objective: The present study was done to find out prevalence of hypertensive retinopathy among patients attending in OPD in GMC. Methods: A hospital based cross-sectional study was performed among 200 hypertensive patients visiting eye OPD from Dec ...
CB Pun, S Tuladhar
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Classification of Human Retinal Microaneurysms Using Adaptive Optics Scanning Light Ophthalmoscope Fluorescein Angiography [PDF]
, 2014 Purpose. Microaneurysms (MAs) are considered a hallmark of retinal vascular disease, yet what little is known about them is mostly based upon histology, not clinical observation.
Carroll, Joseph +13 more
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Uncoupling protein 2: a key player and a potential therapeutic target in vascular diseases [PDF]
, 2017 Uncoupling protein 2 (UCP2) is an inner mitochondrial membrane protein that belongs to the uncoupling protein family and plays an important role in lowering mitochondrial membrane potential and dissipating metabolic energy with prevention of oxidative ...
Forte, Maurizio +6 more
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Comparison of Adaptive Optics Scanning Light Ophthalmoscopic Fluorescein Angiography and Offset Pinhole Imaging [PDF]
, 2014 Recent advances to the adaptive optics scanning light ophthalmoscope (AOSLO) have enabled finer in vivo assessment of the human retinal microvasculature. AOSLO confocal reflectance imaging has been coupled with oral fluorescein angiography (FA), enabling
Chui, Toco Y.P. +8 more
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Pheochromocytoma-induced hypertensive retinopathy
TNOA Journal of Ophthalmic Science and Research, 2022 Pheochromocytoma is an important cause of secondary hypertension that can lead to hypertensive retinopathy. In such cases, changes are often reversible and the condition remains stable once the required treatment is done at an early stage.
Suklengmung Buragohain +4 more
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Sex-specific-differences in cardiovascular risk in type-1-diabetes : a cross sectional study [PDF]
, 2013 Background: Little is known about the impact of sex-specific differences in the management of type 1 diabetes (T1DM). Thus, we evaluated the influence of gender on risk factors, complications, clinical care and adherence in patients with T1DM.
Hinstersteiner, Juliane +7 more
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Factors Associated With Retinal Vessel Diameters in an Elderly Population: the Thessaloniki Eye Study [PDF]
, 2019 Purpose: To identify the factors associated with retinal vessel diameters in the population of the Thessaloniki Eye Study. Methods: Cross-sectional population-based study (age ≥ 60 years). Subjects with glaucoma, late age-related macular degeneration,
Anastasopoulos, Eleftherios +9 more
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Journal of Nobel Medical College, 2018 Introduction: Abnormalities in serum lipid and lipoprotein levels are recognized as major modifiable risk factors for cardiovascular disease and essential hypertension and retinopathy.
Bishwa Nath Adhikari +4 more
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Long-term glycemic variability and risk of adverse outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis [PDF]
, 2015 OBJECTIVE: Glycemic variability is emerging as a measure of glycemic control, which may be a reliable predictor of complications. This systematic review and meta-analysis evaluates the association between HbA1c variability and micro- and macrovascular ...
Catherine Gorst +18 more
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Diabetic microvascular complications as simple indicators of risk for cardiovascular outcomes and heart failure [PDF]
, 2016 No abstract ...
Preiss, David, Sattar, Naveed
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