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ArticleEye (London, England)2021

Effect of systemic blood pressure on optical coherence tomography angiography in glaucoma patients.

Chan Keum Park, Kwanghyun Lee, Eun Woo Kim, Sangah Kim, Sang Yeop Lee, Chan Yun Kim, Gong Je Seong, Hyoung Won Bae

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Article in Eye (London, England), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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7citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Chan Keum ParkDepartment of Ophthalmology, Maryknoll Hospital, Busan, South Korea.
Kwanghyun LeeDepartment of Ophthalmology, Institute of Vision Research, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1587-3387
Eun Woo KimDepartment of Ophthalmology, Institute of Vision Research, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.
Sangah KimDepartment of Ophthalmology, National Health Insurance Service Ilsan Hospital, Ilsan, South Korea.
Sang Yeop LeeDepartment of Ophthalmology, Institute of Vision Research, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.
Chan Yun KimDepartment of Ophthalmology, Institute of Vision Research, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8373-9999
Gong Je SeongDepartment of Ophthalmology, Institute of Vision Research, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5456-4296
Hyoung Won BaeDepartment of Ophthalmology, Institute of Vision Research, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea. BAEKWON@yuhs.ac.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8421-5636
Yonsei University · KRMaryknoll Medical Center · KRNational Health Insurance Service Ilsan Hospital · KR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe association between retinal microvascular structure and glaucoma has been revealed in multiple studies using optical tomography angiography (OCTA), but limited information on the macular vessel density (mVD) in patients with glaucoma is available. In this study, we tried to identity the factors that affected macular VD (mVD) in glaucomatous eyes.

methodsThis retrospective cross-sectional study evaluated OCT and OCTA images from 92 eyes from 58 healthy subjects and 179 eyes from 103 glaucoma patients using the SD-OCT database from July 2017 to July 2018. Glaucomatous eyes were further divided into two groups according to history of disc haemorrhage (DH). Association between mVD and demographic characteristics, ganglion cell-inner plexiform layer (GCIPL) thickness, visual field mean deviation (MD) and systemic blood pressure was analysed in each group.

resultsIn both healthy and glaucomatous eyes, mVD was inversely associated with age (β = -0.035, P = 0.025; β = -0.039, P = 0.018). In the glaucomatous eyes, mVD was significantly decreased, as the MD value was worse (β = 0.109, P = 0.002). In glaucomatous eyes with DH, mVD decreased as blood pressure increased (β = -0.111, P = 0.003)

conclusionsReduced mVD is more common in older individuals in both healthy and glaucomatous eyes, and correlates with functional deterioration than structural damage in glaucomatous eyes. In glaucomatous eyes with DH, high systemic BP is associated with a reduction in mVD. This may indicate that glaucoma patients with DH are more susceptible to vascular damage secondary to hypertension.

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GlaucomaTomography, Optical CoherenceAgedAngiographyBlood PressureCross-Sectional StudiesHumansIntraocular PressureNerve FibersRetinal Ganglion CellsRetrospective Studies

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PMID33005044
PMCPMC8225827
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