Relationship of Wall-to-Lumen Ratio of Retinal Arterioles With Clinic and 24-Hour Blood Pressure

• Published in: Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. 1979) Vol. 63; no. 5; pp. 1110 - 1115
• Main Authors: Salvetti, Massimo, Agabiti Rosei, Claudia, Paini, Anna, Aggiusti, Carlo, Cancarini, Anna, Duse, Sarah, Semeraro, Francesco, Rizzoni, Damiano, Agabiti Rosei, Enrico, Muiesan, Maria Lorenza
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hagerstown, MD Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 01.05.2014
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Antihypertensive Agents - therapeutic use; Arterial hypertension. Arterial hypotension; Arterioles - diagnostic imaging; Arterioles - physiology; Arterioles - physiopathology; Biological and medical sciences; Blood and lymphatic vessels; Blood Pressure - physiology; Cardiology. Vascular system; Circadian Rhythm - physiology; Female; Hemodynamics - physiology; Humans; Hypertension - drug therapy; Hypertension - physiopathology; Laser-Doppler Flowmetry - methods; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Pulse Wave Analysis; Regression Analysis; Retinal Artery - diagnostic imaging; Retinal Artery - physiology; Retinal Artery - physiopathology; Retrospective Studies; Ultrasonography; Wall; Arteriole; Cardiovascular disease; Retina; Arterial pulse; Eye; Visual system; Microcirculation; Blood vessel; pulse wave analysis; Arterial pressure; Blood pressure; Ratio; Stiffness; Ambulatory; Monitoring; retinal vessels; Hypertension; vascular stiffness; Clinic; blood pressure monitoring, ambulatory; Surveillance; Analysis; Hemodynamics; Circulatory system

Wall-to-lumen ratio of retinal arterioles might serve as an in vivo parameter of vascular damage. We analyzed the impact of brachial clinic blood pressure (BP), of central BP, and of 24-hour BP on wall-to-lumen ratio (WLR) of retinal arterioles. In 295 subjects (147 men; age range, 22–72 years; mean...