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

CONCLUSIONS: We obtained novel and direct evidence demonstrating a close association between the retinal microcirculation and cervical artery hemodynamics in diabetic patients. These findings suggest shared mechanisms to underlie micro- and macro-angiopathies. Thus, high vascular resistance of cervical arteries may be a risk of developing retinopathy. PMID: 32502691 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Clin Med Res - June 1, 2020 Category: Research Authors: Sawada S, Tsuchiya S, Kodama S, Kurosawa S, Endo A, Sugawara H, Hosaka S, Kawana Y, Asai Y, Yamamoto J, Munakata Y, Izumi T, Takahashi K, Kaneko K, Imai J, Ito A, Yasuda M, Kunikata H, Nakazawa T, Katagiri H Tags: Diabetes Res Clin Pract Source Type: research