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ArticleCurrent eye research2017

Reduced Central Retinal Artery Blood Flow Is Related to Impaired Central Visual Function in Retinitis Pigmentosa Patients.

Samantha Kayser, Patricia Vargas, Deborah Mendelsohn, Jorge Han, Hua Bi, Alexandra Benavente, Ava K Bittner

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Article in Current eye research, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02086890 (Modulating Ocular/Retinal Blood Flow and Visual Function in Retinitis Pigmentosa), which is not on this map. Cited by 10 papers.

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Modulating Ocular/Retinal Blood Flow and Visual Function in Retinitis Pigmentosa

TypeinterventionalSponsorNova Southeastern UniversityRan2014 to 2027Enrolled21ConditionsRetinitis PigmentosaArmsElectro-acupuncture, Laser Acupuncture, Transcorneal Electrical Stimulation, Sham Electro-acupuncture, Sham laser acupuncture
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Clinical and genetic studies for a cohort of patients with Leber congenital amaurosis.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2024
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  5. Mechanism of Cone Degeneration in Retinitis Pigmentosa.Cellular and molecular neurobiology · 2023
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  9. Restoring vision.Nature · 2018
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Samantha Kaysera College of Optometry, Nova Southeastern University , Fort Lauderdale , FL , USA.
Patricia Vargasb College of Health Care Sciences, Medical Sonography Program , Fort Lauderdale , FL , USA.
Deborah Mendelsohnb College of Health Care Sciences, Medical Sonography Program , Fort Lauderdale , FL , USA.
Jorge Hanb College of Health Care Sciences, Medical Sonography Program , Fort Lauderdale , FL , USA.
Hua Bia College of Optometry, Nova Southeastern University , Fort Lauderdale , FL , USA.
Alexandra Benaventec SUNY College of Optometry, The State University of New York College , New York , NY , USA.
Ava K Bittnera College of Optometry, Nova Southeastern University , Fort Lauderdale , FL , USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9498-2230
Nova Southeastern University · USSUNY College of Optometry · US

Funding

Modulating Ocular/Retinal Blood Flow and Visual Function in Retinitis PigmentosaR21EY023720 · NEI · NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY · PI BITTNER, AVA K · 2013 to 2013
$227k
NEI NIH HHS R21 EY023720
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeWe evaluated the test-retest repeatability of blood flow velocities in the retrobulbar central retinal artery (CRA) and explored whether reduced blood flow is related to the degree of visual function loss in retinitis pigmentosa (RP) patients with wide range of disease severity. MATERIALS AND

methodsWe measured CRA peak systolic velocity (PSV) and end diastolic velocity (EDV) to calculate mean flow velocity (MFV) in 18 RP patients using color Doppler imaging with spectral flow Doppler (GE Logiq7 ultrasound) twice in each eye at each of two visits within a month. At each of these two visits, we measured ETDRS visual acuity (VA), quick Contrast Sensitivity Function (qCSF), Goldmann visual fields (GVF), 10-2 Humphrey visual fields (HVF), and dark-adaptation at 5° from fixation with the AdaptDx; multifocal electroretinography (mfERG) was obtained at a single visit.

resultsMean coefficients of variation for PSV, EDV and MFV were 16.1-19.2% for within-visit measurements and 20.1-22.4% for between-visit measures. Across patients, greater visual function loss assessed with VA (p = 0.04), extinguished versus measurable amplitude in ring 1 for mfERG (p = 0.001), and cone-only versus rod function with the AdaptDx (p = 0.002) were statistically significantly correlated with reduced MFV in the CRA when included a multilevel multivariate regression model along with the qCSF and HVF results, which all together accounted for 47% of the total variance in MFV. GVF log retinal areas (V4e and III4e; p = 0.30 and p = 0.95, respectively) and measurable far peripheral vision during GVF testing (p = 0.66) were not significantly related to MFV.

conclusionsMFV in the CRA decreased with impaired central vision due to loss of both rod and cone function, had good test-retest repeatability, and may serve as a biomarker outcome to determine the potential physiological basis for improvements in RP clinical trials of therapies with indirect effects on blood flow to the retina.

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Visual AcuityAdultBlood Flow VelocityDark AdaptationElectroretinographyFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansIntraocular PressureMaleMiddle AgedRegional Blood FlowReproducibility of ResultsRetinal ArteryRetinitis PigmentosaRetrospective StudiesBlood flowcentral retinal arterycolor Doppler imagingmean flow velocityretinitis pigmentosavisual function

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PMID28910168
PMCPMC6069962
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