American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 105, Issue 5 , Pages 740-744 , 1 March 2010

Structural Alterations of Retinal Arterioles in Adults Late After Repair of Aortic Isthmic Coarctation

  • Axel Pressler, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Prevention and Sports Medicine, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Tel: (+49) 89-2892-4434; fax: (+49) 89-2892-4451
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  • Katrin Esefeld

      Affiliations

    • Department of Prevention and Sports Medicine, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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  • Johannes Scherr, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Prevention and Sports Medicine, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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  • Mohammad Ali, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Prevention and Sports Medicine, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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  • Henner Hanssen, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Sports Medicine, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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  • Konstantin Kotliar, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ophthalmology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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  • Ines Lanzl, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ophthalmology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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  • Martin Halle, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Prevention and Sports Medicine, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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  • Harald Kaemmerer, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Congenital Heart Disease, Deutsches Herzzentrum München, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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  • Arno Schmidt-Trucksäss, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Sports Medicine, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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  • Alfred Hager, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Congenital Heart Disease, Deutsches Herzzentrum München, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany

Received 24 August 2009 ,Revised 13 October 2009 ,Accepted 13 October 2009.

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 The Retinal Vessel Analyzing System used in the present study was provided by Imedos (Jena, Germany) for research purposes without any financial associations.

PII: S0002-9149(09)02765-9

doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2009.10.070

American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 105, Issue 5 , Pages 740-744 , 1 March 2010

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