Improvement of mild retinopathy in type 2 diabetic patients correlates with narrowing of retinal arterioles. A prospective observational study

L Pedersen, P Jeppesen, ST Knudsen… - Graefe's Archive for …, 2014 - Springer
Purpose Diabetic retinopathy is one of the leading causes of blindness in the Western world.
The disease is characterized by morphological lesions secondary to disturbances in retinal …

Differential diameter responses in macular and peripheral retinal arterioles may contribute to the regional distribution of diabetic retinopathy lesions

P Skov Jensen, P Jeppesen, T Bek - Graefe's Archive for Clinical and …, 2011 - Springer
Background Diabetic retinopathy is assumed to be due to impaired retinal autoregulation,
involving both pressure autoregulation and metabolic autoregulation. The disease displays …

Diameter changes of retinal vessels in diabetic retinopathy

T Bek - Current diabetes reports, 2017 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review The diameter of retinal vessels is an important source of
information about retinal blood flow and metabolism. The purpose of the present study is to …

The blood pressure-induced diameter response of retinal arterioles decreases with increasing diabetic maculopathy

CA Frederiksen, P Jeppesen, ST Knudsen… - Graefe's Archive for …, 2006 - Springer
Background The aim of the study was to compare the diameter response of retinal arterioles
and retinal thickness in patients with different stages of diabetic maculopathy during an …

Diabetes, diabetic retinopathy, and retinal vascular alterations: a systematic review

S Keel, C Koklanis, M Vukicevic… - The Asia-Pacific …, 2014 - journals.lww.com
The aim of this review is to summarize the available findings from previous research that has
focused on retinal vascular caliber characteristics in diabetes and diabetic retinopathy and …

Endothelial dysfunction of central retinal vessels: a prognostic parameter for diabetic retinopathy?

J Dawczynski, A Mandecka, M Blum… - Klinische …, 2007 - europepmc.org
Background Endothelial dysfunction as a possible prognostic parameter seems to play a
role in the course of diabetic retinopathy. Flicker-induced endothelial NO release may be …

Interaction between flicker-induced vasodilatation and pressure autoregulation in early retinopathy of type 2 diabetes

T Bek, J Hajari, P Jeppesen - Graefe's Archive for Clinical and …, 2008 - Springer
Background Diabetic retinopathy is accompanied with changes in the autoregulation of
retinal blood flow secondary to changes in the systemic blood pressure and the retinal …

Abnormal retinal autoregulation is detected by provoked stimulation with flicker light in well-controlled patients with type 1 diabetes without retinopathy

A Mandecka, J Dawczynski, W Vilser, M Blum… - diabetes research and …, 2009 - Elsevier
AIMS: Investigation of retinal vasodilation under flickering light is considered a dynamic
analysis in contrast to the static analysis of retinal vessel equivalents (mean retinal vessel …

The diameter response of retinal arterioles in diabetic maculopathy is reduced during hypoxia and is unaffected by the inhibition of cyclo-oxygenase and nitric oxide …

L Petersen, T Bek - Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental …, 2016 - Springer
Purpose Diabetic retinopathy is accompanied with changes in the diameter regulation and
oxygenation of retinal vessels. Previous studies have shown that in normal persons and in …

Retinal vascular caliber, diabetes, and retinopathy

A Kifley, JJ Wang, S Cugati, TY Wong… - American journal of …, 2007 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: To assess the relationship of retinal vessel caliber with diabetes and diabetic
retinopathy (DR). DESIGN: Population-based cross-sectional analysis of the Blue Mountains …