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Comparison between invasive and noninvasive techniques of evaluation of microvascular structural alterations
- Publication Year :
- 2018
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Abstract
- none 21 no The evaluation of the morphological characteristics of small resistance arteries in humans is challenging. The gold standard method is generally considered to be the measurement by wire or pressure micromyography of the media-to-lumen ratio of subcutaneous small vessels obtained by local biopsies. However, noninvasive techniques for the evaluation of retinal arterioles were recently proposed; in particular, two approaches, scanning laser Doppler flowmetry (SLDF) and adaptive optics, seem to provide useful information; both of them provide an estimation of the wall-to-lumen ratio (WLR) of retinal arterioles. Moreover, a noninvasive measurement of basal and total capillary density may be obtained by videomicroscopy/capillaroscopy. No direct comparison of these three noninvasive techniques in the same population was previously performed; in particular, adaptive optics was never validated against micromyography. none De Ciuceis, Carolina; Agabiti Rosei, Claudia; Caletti, Stefano; Trapletti, Valentina; Coschignano, Maria A; Tiberio, Guido A M; Duse, Sarah; Docchio, Franco; Pasinetti, Simone; Zambonardi, Federica; Semeraro, Francesco; Porteri, Enzo; Solaini, Leonardo; Sansoni, Giovanna; Pileri, Paola; Rossini, Claudia; Mittempergher, Francesco; Portolani, Nazario; Ministrini, Silvia; Agabiti-Rosei, Enrico; Rizzoni, Damiano De Ciuceis, Carolina; Agabiti Rosei, Claudia; Caletti, Stefano; Trapletti, Valentina; Coschignano, Maria A; Tiberio, Guido A M; Duse, Sarah; Docchio, Franco; Pasinetti, Simone; Zambonardi, Federica; Semeraro, Francesco; Porteri, Enzo; Solaini, Leonardo; Sansoni, Giovanna; Pileri, Paola; Rossini, Claudia; Mittempergher, Francesco; Portolani, Nazario; Ministrini, Silvia; Agabiti-Rosei, Enrico; Rizzoni, Damiano
- Subjects :
- retina
Physiology
MLR, media-to-lumen ratio
microcirculation
Microscopic Angioscopy
retinal arterioles
030204 cardiovascular system & hematology
scanning laser Doppler flowmetry
adaptive optics
ROC, receiveroperating characteristic
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Biopsy
Internal Medicine
Medicine
030212 general & internal medicine
SLDF, scanning laser Doppler Flowmetry
WCSA, total wall cross-sectional area
remodeling
medicine.diagnostic_test
business.industry
adaptive optics, microcirculation, remodeling, retina, retinal arterioles, scanning laser Doppler flowmetry, small resistance arteries
Gold standard (test)
Blood pressure
small resistance arteries
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
business
Biomedical engineering
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....9a54adfc0d3a6e5fa7ada2f5e56050af