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ArticleGraefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie2017

Carotid artery intimal medial thickness and carotid artery plaques in hypertensive patients with non-arteritic anterior ischaemic optic neuropathy.

Wenhui Zhu, Tingting Chen, Ling Jin, Haoyu Wang, Fengjuan Yao, Congyao Wang, Qi Wang, Nathan Congdon

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Article in Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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8 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Wenhui ZhuState Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, 54 S. Xianlie Road, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China, 510060.
Tingting ChenState Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, 54 S. Xianlie Road, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China, 510060.
Ling JinState Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, 54 S. Xianlie Road, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China, 510060.
Haoyu WangSchool of Medicine, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PT, UK.
Fengjuan YaoDepartment of Ultrasound, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510080, China.
Congyao WangState Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, 54 S. Xianlie Road, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China, 510060.
Qi WangDepartment of Ophthalmology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510080, China.
Nathan CongdonState Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, 54 S. Xianlie Road, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China, 510060. ncongdon1@gmail.com.
Sun Yat-sen University · CNThe First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University · CNQueen's University Belfast · GBUniversity of Manchester · GB

Funding

The Department of Science and Technology of Guangdong Province, China 2014A020212578
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo assess the correlation of carotid artery intimal medial thickness (C-IMT) and carotid artery plaque score (CPS) of the common carotid artery with non-arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (NAION) in hypertensive patients.

methodsThis case-control study recruited 192 subjects. Forty-eight patients had NAION with systemic hypertension, 46 had hypertension without visual complaints, and 98 were normal controls. C-IMT and common carotid arterial plaque were measured by high-resolution vascular ultrasonography.

resultsHigh-density lipoprotein (HDL) in patients with NAION (1.24 ± 0.31) was significantly lower than that of the Hypertensive group (1.39 ± 0.30, P = 0.034). The C-IMT in the affected side of patients with NAION (1.00 ± 0.23) was significantly increased compared to the unaffected side (0.83 ± 0.19, P < 0.001), the Hypertensive group (0.83 ± 0.17, P < 0.001), and the Normal group (0.69 ± 0.16, P < 0.001). The presence of carotid artery plaque was more frequent in the patients with NAION, compared to either the Hypertensive group (P = 0.001) or the Normal group (P < 0.001). By multiple regression analysis, lower high-density lipoprotein (HDL) (P = 0.009), thicker C-IMT (P = 0.002), CPS Grade = 1 (P = 0.028), and Grade = 2 (P = 0.005) were associated with increased NAION risk, when the NAION group compared with the Hypertensive group (OR > 1.0). Systolic blood pressure (P = 0.001), thicker C-IMT (P < 0.001), CPS Grade = 1 (P = 0.006), Grade = 2 (P = 0.002), and Grade = 3 (P = 0.015) were associated with increased NAION risk, when the NAION group compared with the Normal group (OR > 1.0).

conclusionsC-IMT and CPS were associated with NAION in hypertensive patients, suggesting that NAION might be associated with carotid artery atherosclerosis. This association may be due to similar pathological changes of the inner vascular walls in the carotid artery and the arteries supplying the optic nerve head.

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Carotid Intima-Media ThicknessAdultAgedCarotid Artery, CommonCarotid StenosisFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansHypertensionMaleMiddle AgedOptic Neuropathy, IschemicPlaque, AtheroscleroticRetrospective StudiesSeverity of Illness IndexUltrasonography, DopplerCarotid artery plaqueDoppler sonographyIntimal medial thicknessNon-arteritic anterior ischaemic optic neuropathy

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