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ArticlePloS one2019

Significant changes of the choroid in patients with ocular ischemic syndrome and symptomatic carotid artery stenosis.

Hae Min Kang, Jeong Hoon Choi, Hyoung Jun Koh, Sung Chul Lee

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Article in PloS one, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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Hae Min KangDepartment of Ophthalmology, Catholic Kwandong University College of Medicine, International St. Mary's Hospital, Incheon, Republic of Korea.ORCID 0000-0001-7675-0180
Jeong Hoon ChoiChoikang Eye Clinic, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Hyoung Jun KohDepartment of Ophthalmology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Sung Chul LeeDepartment of Ophthalmology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Yonsei University · KRCatholic Kwandong University International St. Mary's Hospital · KROnnuri Smile Eye Clinic · KR

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Abstract

purposeTo evaluated the changes in choroidal vasculature in patients with ocular ischemic syndrome (OIS) and in the ipsilateral eyes of patients with symptomatic carotid artery stenosis (CAS).

methodA total of 50 patients (15 patients with OIS, 10 patients with symptomatic CAS, 25 patients of age-and sex-matched control group) were included, and the medical records were retrospectively reviewed. The mean subfoveal choroidal thickness (SFCT) of each eye was measured, and binary images of the choroid were evaluated to compare the mean choroidal area and the luminal area.

resultsThe mean SFCT was 170.5±75.3 μm in the eyes with OIS, 154.8±62.9 μm in the ipsilateral eyes with symptomatic CAS, and 277.5±73.2 μm in the right eyes of the control group patients (P<0.001). The mean choroidal area was 494,478.6±181,846.2 μm2 in the eyes with OIS, 453,750.0±196,725.8 μm2 in the ipsilateral eyes with symptomatic CAS, and 720,520±281,319.5 μm2 in the control group eyes (P = 0.036). The mean luminal area was 333,185.7±112,665.9 μm2 in the eyes with OIS, 313,983.3±132,032.1 μm2 in the ipsilateral eyes with symptomatic CAS, and 480,325.0±185,112.6 μm2 in the control group eyes (P = 0.046). The mean SFCT, mean choroidal area, and mean luminal area were significantly smaller in the eyes with OIS (P = 0.017, P = 0.005, and P = 0.004, respectively), and those with symptomatic CAS (P = 0.020, P = 0.016, and P = 0.021, respectively) than in the unaffected contralateral eyes. There were no significant differences between the eyes in the control group (P = 0.984, P = 284, and P = 0.413, respectively).

conclusionThe mean SFCT, mean choroidal area, and mean luminal area were significantly thinner in the eyes with OIS and the ipsilateral eyes with symptomatic CAS, compared with the control group eyes. The eyes with OIS and those with symptomatic CAS had significantly thinner SFCT, and smaller choroidal area and luminal area than the unaffected contralateral eyes. Choroid may reflect the vascular status of the carotid artery, indicated by choroidal thinning and decreasing choroidal area, especially luminal area.

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AgedAged, 80 and overCarotid StenosisChoroid DiseasesFemaleHumansIschemiaMaleMiddle AgedRetinal DiseasesRetrospective StudiesSyndromeTomography, Optical Coherence

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PMID31639146
PMCPMC6804994
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