Vascular resistance of carotid and vertebral arteries is associated with retinal microcirculation measured by laser speckle flowgraphy in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

Evaluation of the retinal microcirculation is key to understanding retinal vasculopathies, such as diabetic retinopathy. Laser speckle flowgraphy (LSFG) has recently enabled us to directly evaluate the vascular resistance in both retinal vessels and capillaries, non-invasively. We therefore assessed whether retinal vessel blood flow and/or the capillary microcirculation are associated with blood flow in the cervical arteries in diabetic patients without severe retinopathy.

Source: Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice - June 1, 2020 Category: Endocrinology Authors: Shojiro Sawada, Satoko Tsuchiya, Shinjiro Kodama, Satoko Kurosawa, Akira Endo, Hiroto Sugawara, Shinichiro Hosaka, Yohei Kawana, Yoichiro Asai, Junpei Yamamoto, Yuichiro Munakata, Tomohito Izumi, Kei Takahashi, Keizo Kaneko, Junta Imai, Azusa Ito, Masayuk Source Type: research