Relationship of ocular microcirculation, measured by laser speckle flowgraphy, and silent brain infarction in primary aldosteronism.

PURPOSE:Recent studies have shown that the risk of cerebro- and cardiovascular events (CVEs) is higher in patients with primary aldosteronism (PA) than in those with essential hypertension (EH), and that silent brain infarction (SBI) is a risk factor and predictor of CVEs. Here, we evaluated the rel...

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Main Authors: Hiroshi Kunikata, Naoko Aizawa, Masataka Kudo, Shunji Mugikura, Fumihiko Nitta, Ryo Morimoto, Yoshitsugu Iwakura, Yoshikiyo Ono, Fumitoshi Satoh, Hidetoshi Takahashi, Sadayoshi Ito, Shoki Takahashi, Toru Nakazawa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4326356?pdf=render