Many patients with chest pain undergoing coronary angiography do not show significant
obstructive coronary lesions. A substantial proportion of these patients have abnormalities in …

Peripheral microvascular dysfunction has been described in many physiological and
pathological conditions. Owing to its accessibility, the cutaneous microcirculation provides a …

Background—Characterization of myocardial structural changes in heart failure with
preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) has been hindered by the limited availability of human …

Vascular remodeling refers to alterations in the structure of resistance vessels contributing to
elevated systemic vascular resistance in hypertension. We start with some historical aspects …

Please cite this paper as: Roustit and Cracowski (2012). Non‐invasive Assessment of Skin
Microvascular Function in Humans: An Insight Into Methods. Microcirculation 19 (1), 47–64 …

Optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) has transformed ocular vascular
imaging, revealing microvascular changes linked to various systemic diseases. This review …

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES affect 80 million people and are collectively the leading
cause of death in the United States (3). Impaired endothelial vascular signaling leading to …

a consistent observation over many years in hypertensive patients and animal models. 9, 10
In most vascular beds, not all microvessels are perfused at any one time; the fraction of …

The retinal vasculature allows direct noninvasive visualization of the body's
mircrovasculature. Because the retina and other end organs (brain and kidney) share similar …

Hypertension and diabetes share common risk factors and frequently co-occur. Although
high blood pressure (BP) was reported as a significant predictor of type 2 diabetes, little is …