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

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

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