Abstract
Cardiac function, such as heart rate variability, is abnormal in coronary artery disease, but its relation with the function of ocular and nail-fold blood vessels is unknown. The hypothesis was that there is abnormal retinal and peripheral microvascular endothelial function compared with large blood vessel and cardiac function. Twenty-four patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) and 30 healthy, age- and sex-matched control subjects were enrolled in the study.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 6199-6205 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science |
| Volume | 52 |
| Issue number | 9 |
| Early online date | 7 Apr 2011 |
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| Publication status | Published - 3 Aug 2011 |
Keywords
- blood flow velocity
- blood pressure
- case-control studies
- ciliary arteries
- coronary artery disease
- e-selectin
- electrocardiography
- enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
- female
- fingers
- heart rate
- humans
- intraocular pressure
- male
- middle aged
- ophthalmic artery
- retinal artery
- supine position
- von Willebrand factor