Optical coherence tomography angiography in septic shock: a new frontier in microcirculation assessment

André Rosa Alexandre¹, Ana Teresa Leitão², Pedro Póvoa^{2

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Affiliations

¹ Intensive Care Department, Hospital da Luz Lisboa, Luz Saúde - Lisbon, Portugal.
² NOVA Medical School, NOVA University of Lisbon - Lisbon Portugal.
³ Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Research Unit of Clinical Epidemiology, Odense University Hospital - Odense, Denmark.
⁴ Department of Intensive Care, Hospital de São Francisco Xavier, Unidade Local de Saúde Lisboa Ocidental - Lisbon, Portugal.

Editorial

André Rosa Alexandre et al. Crit Care Sci. 2025.

. 2025 Aug 18:37:e20250070.

doi: 10.62675/2965-2774.20250070. eCollection 2025.

André Rosa Alexandre¹, Ana Teresa Leitão², Pedro Póvoa^{2

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¹ Intensive Care Department, Hospital da Luz Lisboa, Luz Saúde - Lisbon, Portugal.
² NOVA Medical School, NOVA University of Lisbon - Lisbon Portugal.
³ Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Research Unit of Clinical Epidemiology, Odense University Hospital - Odense, Denmark.
⁴ Department of Intensive Care, Hospital de São Francisco Xavier, Unidade Local de Saúde Lisboa Ocidental - Lisbon, Portugal.

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