The eye and the heart

J Flammer, K Konieczka, RM Bruno… - European heart …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
The vasculature of the eye and the heart share several common characteristics. The easily
accessible vessels of the eye are therefore—to some extent—a window to the heart. There is …

Retinal biomarkers for Alzheimer's disease and vascular cognitive impairment and dementia (VCID): implication for early diagnosis and prognosis

C Czakó, T Kovács, Z Ungvari, A Csiszar… - Geroscience, 2020 - Springer
Cognitive impairment and dementia are major medical, social, and economic public health
issues worldwide with significant implications for life quality in older adults. The leading …

[HTML][HTML] Retinal vasculometry associations with cardiometabolic risk factors in the european prospective investigation of cancer—norfolk study

CG Owen, AR Rudnicka, RA Welikala, MM Fraz… - Ophthalmology, 2019 - Elsevier
Purpose To examine associations between retinal vessel morphometry and cardiometabolic
risk factors in older British men and women. Design Retinal imaging examination as part of …

Ageing effect on flicker‐induced diameter changes in retinal microvessels of healthy individuals

S Seshadri, A Ekart, D Gherghel - Acta ophthalmologica, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To compare flicker‐induced retinal vessel diameter changes in varying age groups
with low cardiovascular risk. Methods Retinal vascular reactivity to flicker light was assessed …

Retinal vessel diameter measurements by spectral domain optical coherence tomography

Y Ouyang, Q Shao, D Scharf, AM Joussen… - Graefe's Archive for …, 2015 - Springer
Purpose To describe a spectral domain optical coherence (OCT)-assisted method of
measuring retinal vessel diameters. Methods All Patients with an OCT circle scan centered …

Prediction of age and brachial-ankle pulse-wave velocity using ultra-wide-field pseudo-color images by deep learning

D Nagasato, H Tabuchi, H Masumoto, T Kusuyama… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
This study examined whether age and brachial-ankle pulse-wave velocity (baPWV) can be
predicted with ultra-wide-field pseudo-color (UWPC) images using deep learning (DL). We …

[HTML][HTML] Age-related focal loss of contractile vascular smooth muscle cells in retinal arterioles is accelerated by caveolin-1 deficiency

AM Reagan, X Gu, S Paudel, NM Ashpole, M Zalles… - Neurobiology of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Cerebral microcirculation is critical for the preservation of brain health, and vascular
impairment is associated with age-related neurodegenerative diseases. Because the retina …

Automated quantification of retinal vessel morphometry in the UK biobank cohort

RA Welikala, MM Fraz, MM Habib… - … on Image Processing …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Automated Quantification of Retinal Vessel Morphometry in the UK Biobank Cohort Page 1
978-1-5386-1842-4/17/$31.00 ©2017 IEEE Automated Quantification of Retinal Vessel …

Assessing vascular function using dynamic retinal diameter measurements: a new insight on the endothelium

R Heitmar, RJ Summers - Thrombosis and haemostasis, 2012 - thieme-connect.com
Reliable assessment of endothelial function is important for the diagnosis, risk prediction
and treatment-monitoring in cardiovascular disease. Numerous techniques exist such as …

Altered retinal flicker response indicates microvascular dysfunction in women with preeclampsia

A Brückmann, C Seeliger, T Lehmann… - …, 2015 - Am Heart Assoc
Flicker-induced dilatation is reduced in patients with cardiovascular risk, and the following
arteriolar constriction is reduced with aging, leading to a reduced arteriolar amplitude and …